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Free electricity in Germany today!
Because of storm Herwart the price of electricity in Germany today may drop to €0 as the supply is much higher than the demand. It may even go to negative so we MAKE money using it (probably not). This all sounds amazing, and up to a point it is, but very, very little of all this electric energy is stored. Fact is the grid in the Netherlands will be disconnected from the German one (today) to avoid huge fluctuations caused by the wind generated power. Wind power is good but unstable. We need to STORE it.
darksidedadd
Tesla tried to give the world free electricity but was defended once the people funding him found out.
markfiveo360
Wind generator has to run for ten years just to break even on it's cost. Nothing is free, no matter how many trees you hug.
McSmug
As far as I knew battery tech simply isn't there yet. It's a mess. :P
spitfires2000
The few electric cars can store some but that so very little.
FreddThundersen
Prices only apply to spot trades, the domestic power is hedged months in advance so this fluctuations hardly have any impact on home users.
spitfires2000
Hmmm... I better switch off my electric heater then.
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spitfires2000
Yeah, birds of prey look down and not forward when they fly around. It does depends on where you put the turbines.
blooregardqkazoo
Only in Connecticut and that's not the reason why.
terrorofthederp
Wind turbines kill 214k-368k birds/year, compared to 6.8 mil hitting cell/radio towers and 1.4 to 3.7 billion deaths by cats-govt scientists
indyliberal
The USA is bought and paid for by big energy. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article158986054.html