▲ 852 ▼ Price of electricity in Finland peaks at 2.35€/kWh today. Keeping my tiny granny cottage warm costs me over 50 euros for a single day. It's negative 25C (-13F) outside. (i.imgur.com) submitted 2 years ago* by Critical_Insight@feddit.uk to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 286 comments fedilink hide all child comments That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that's already insanely expensive
[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Geothermal is expensive and not worth it financially in many countries but when you are looking at 2.35€/kWh it seems like a great investment. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child) He doesn't mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology. Over half of the new houses in Finland are build with geothermal. It costs roughly 18 000€ to construct. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) He doesn’t mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology. I understand, but it's not cheap when compared to solar permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago Solar panels doesn't provide heat, it produces electricity. Also it is quite common on Finland to have solar panels + geothermal heating, because both of them pay for themself in 5-10 years. Unfortunately solar panels do not provide us enough electricity to be only source, not even with batteries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child) He doesn't mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology. Over half of the new houses in Finland are build with geothermal. It costs roughly 18 000€ to construct. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) He doesn’t mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology. I understand, but it's not cheap when compared to solar permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago Solar panels doesn't provide heat, it produces electricity. Also it is quite common on Finland to have solar panels + geothermal heating, because both of them pay for themself in 5-10 years. Unfortunately solar panels do not provide us enough electricity to be only source, not even with batteries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) He doesn’t mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology. I understand, but it's not cheap when compared to solar permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago Solar panels doesn't provide heat, it produces electricity. Also it is quite common on Finland to have solar panels + geothermal heating, because both of them pay for themself in 5-10 years. Unfortunately solar panels do not provide us enough electricity to be only source, not even with batteries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago Solar panels doesn't provide heat, it produces electricity. Also it is quite common on Finland to have solar panels + geothermal heating, because both of them pay for themself in 5-10 years. Unfortunately solar panels do not provide us enough electricity to be only source, not even with batteries. permalink fedilink source parent
