Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages

Post by k__ » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 4:11 PM UTC

orwin wrote: post #58

nxm wrote: post #23

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Because “green energy”

It's not, its because it reached end of life, and the date we could've done something about it was ten years ago. I'm as pro-nuclear as you can be, since at least 2017 but especially since i've read about it, in 2019, but let's not blame nuclear failure on "green energy" when it's not. Nuclear tech have been abandonned by the general public and the politician since the 90s, and especailly after fuckushima, was faded…

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 4:15 PM UTC

hef19898 wrote: post #56

libertine wrote: post #44

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Or at least we have to assume that the people that managed to make the feat that he boasts about, know what they are doing: > The European electricity grid is a modern miracle. It is the largest synchronous electrical grid (by connected power) in the world. It interconnects 520 million end-customers in 32 countries, including non-European Union members such as Morocco or Turkey. But then he makes a sharp turn to: > H…

Aparently those people creating the grid have been replaced, at all levels, by ideological do gooders led by politicians with the sole goal of ruining industry and living standards. According to authors like the one who's article we are discussing.

Post by whiplash451 » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #21

sschueller wrote: post #8

Here is what Switzerland is doing at the moment to prevent the worst case which would be rolling black outs. They are planning for the worst case so they don't get caught with their pants down. This includes: - Currently trying to fill as many reservoirs as possible - Securing gas in foreign reservoirs. - Plan for emergency gas plants that can be operational by January/February, the time Switzerland has the least ele…

I wonder if it is cost effective going forward to install two meters and panels on every house with one being “essential” and the other being “intermittent” so the power company has the option of blacking out the intermittent boxes only. I’d rather have all my computers, lights, etc shut down than my whole house.

Post by tluyben2 » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

nine_zeros wrote: post #97

tluyben2 wrote: post #37

I am happy I got solar earlier this year. I thought it would be very expensive but we are very frugal with energy and it only was 7k euro to go off grid. During the day we can run anything (tons of sun so washing, dish washing, etc etc), during the night less so but we go to bed early (21:00) and get up at 5.

We keep talking about alternative energy's importance in reducing fossil fuel emissions. But here is another example of why alternative energy is so important. It provides diversification from shortages and geopolitical nonsense that can your lifestyle. If you can get solar for yourself, get it while still being connected to the electric grid. You will have a much more reliable energy system than just relying on the…

Post by bitschubser_ » Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC

bitschubser_ wrote: post #95

bombcar wrote: post #90

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Use more pay more is pretty simple and implemented - and the lowest tiers are really cheap. The complicated one is daily tiers - when power is more or less expensive at different times.

are daily tiers and dynamic pricing really needed for consumers, shoudn't it even out on the long term? Until recently it worked quite well for a energy supplier to supply me with a fixed rate for a year and still making profit (when I take a look at their yearly earnings report, I think I also subsidized heavy users with my low usage :D). over a year the price should average out quite nicely when I look at the energ…