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Meanwhile here next door in the Netherlands, we have wind farms and solar all over, and we sell our energy to the UK...meanwhile we have some of the highest consumer energy costs in the EU.
Consumers get screwed over here a lot.
Kind of selfish form you, aren't you thinking about the shareholders?
Iβm baaaad that way.
If only you swamp-Germans knew our mobile numbers! You could send us ll a Tkkie for the electric! π
What? On your βhandyβ? π
The crazy thing is that renewable energy (particularly land-based) is much, much cheaper than conventional generation. This makes sense, as while construction and maintenance costs might be higher over the life of the plant, there is no fuel cost. And yet, consumers end up paying more for this cheap energy.
Detaching the generation market from the consumption market was down right evil.
Weβre very pro-business here. We talk a lot about it.
Weβre also not so consumer friendly - that, you hear decidedly less about.
We really don't, or at least, don't have to pay more for clean energy. When the wind blows or the sun shines my electricity prices goes down. Way down! Through the floor down. It all depends on your tariff.
It's gas generators that pin the price high in the UK.