It is a great development. Pretty much all these countries have to import coal or gas to generate electricty, so if they can generate via renewables, it should start to improve their trade deficits. Sucks for those countries who export coal or gas though.
It's a great development?
All it takes to achieve this goal is to crank electricity prices up to where nobody can afford them.
Also it's a lie.
Heating buildings and cooking for the country do not run on electric.
The headline is this -
Portugal runs for four days straight on renewable energy alone
In the body you see a more accurate statement -
Portugal
kept its lights on with renewable energy alone for four consecutive days last week in a clean energy milestone
No, it's real, check the Portuguese page:
http://zero.ong/consumo-de-eletricidade-em-portugal-foi-assegurado-durante-mais-de-4-dias-seguidos-por-fontes-renovaveis/This is about all electricity consumption is the entire country. But I'm not really surprised. Portugal is very lucky regarding renewables with lots of wind from the ocean and good sun. But we shall consider we may at the time of the year when the consumption is at the lowest. There's no more need for heating, nor for air conditioners yet.
Bull. There are all kinds of needs for energy other than electric. Many, many things run on various fossil fuels and always will. For example, a concrete manufacturing plant. Cars and trucks.
I pointed out the lie. Headlines says the "country ran on renewables alone." Then down below you see it was the electric grid. That's a fraction of total energy consumption.
Well, yes it's about electricity, but it's much more than lightning, so it's quite an achievement, considering the low maintenance cost of renewable energies.
I don´t give a fat rat´s ass.
Not sure about Portugal but Germany is just fucking ridiculous, highest electricity prices in Europe...
fucking expensive, around 33 us-cents per kwH, and then bragging about negative wholesale electricity prices when the sun shines alot? PEOPLE PAY 33 CENTS no matter what the wholesale electricity price is!!!!!!!
People pay 33 cents for something that would cost 10 cents in a non bolshevist, free market economy. A small number of people benefit (those with large houses and ability to borrow big). Large, renowned companies like RWE and EON are close to being broke. Many towns depend on their dividends and are now broke, too. Welfare recipients need their electrical bill subsidized...not in Venezuela..in GERMANY.
Middle class has to pay and pay and pay for this bullshit. This whole renewable energy shit is just newspeak ecofascist propaganda
LEAVE ME ALONE WITH THAT GREEN SHIT UNTIL IT WORKS IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMYNo, sir, there are at least 2 European countries where electricity is even more expensive.
I don't think there's a single country in the world where there is a free market for utilities. Nuclear energy was heavily subsidized when the first power stations were built. People have forgotten that fact which makes nuclear energy looks cheap but it isn't. Look at the new stations which are being built in France and Norway, I think they're already 3 times over budget.
