▲ 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 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
