▲ 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
[–] red@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) The math has been done multiple times. The batteries don't pay themselves back, and also need to be replaced from time to time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Sure. But the math depends on electricity tariffs. And those change and therefore, so does the maths. it sounds like tariffs are pretty extreme currently permalink fedilink source parent [–] psud@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Batteries on a plan like that, where they're part of a large virtual battery, do pay for themselves within warranty Solar batteries never do. To rationally buy a battery one needs to put high value on backup power permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago Sure. But the math depends on electricity tariffs. And those change and therefore, so does the maths. it sounds like tariffs are pretty extreme currently permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Batteries on a plan like that, where they're part of a large virtual battery, do pay for themselves within warranty Solar batteries never do. To rationally buy a battery one needs to put high value on backup power permalink fedilink source parent
