Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row::In total, there were 149 hours of total renewables generation, 95 of which saw the Portuguese grid exporting to Spain

  • devfuuu@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’m pretty sure I still pay all the renewable energy I consume at home. I wish the bill was zero, that would be amazing.

    • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      I’m going to go ahead and assume that the article means it comes at zero cost to Portugal, as a country, thus not having to import it. It would be fairly misleading though.

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        10 months ago

        it comes at zero cost to Portugal, as a country, thus not having to import it

        i’m always confused by this. does this include traditional fuel or just the electric grid?

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          10 months ago

          Nope, all of Portugal now only has electric vehicles. No air planes, only zeppelins and hot air balloons. No boats, only floaty arm bands, rafts, canoes, and kayaks.

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      10 months ago

      Yea I was curious about that, is there a certain amount that’s paid for? If it was all free, it would incentivize some people to exceed normal usage