Record Wind Power Levels Trigger Energy Price Fall Across Europe

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 11, 2014 @10:38AM from the any-way-the-wind-blows-actually-really-matters dept.

New submitter Forty Two Tenfold writes "Electricity prices across Europe dropped last month as mild temperatures, strong winds and stormy weather produced wind power records in Germany, France and the UK, according to data released by Platts. The price decline was more marked in Germany, where the average day-ahead baseload price in December fell 10% month over month to €35.71/MWh. On a daily basis, December was a month of extremes for Germany, with day-ahead base prices closing on December 10 and 11 at less than €60/MWh – the highest over-the-counter levels seen all year – only to fall to its lowest level December 24 to €0.50/MWh."

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OB: Yeah but.... by rueger · 2014-01-11 11:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Just to save time, let's all agree that wind power could never, ever, ever work in North America. Or solar. Obviously the blah blah blah mumble mumble obfuscate is so different here that it would be impossible.

Also, North American wind is like TOTALLY different from European wind.

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1. Re:OB: Yeah but.... by dbIII · 2014-01-11 11:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Also, North American wind is like TOTALLY different from European wind.
  In the southern states where they eat more fibre it's not so different.