UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

One of the nicer upshots of cutting the cord with Russia is the sky high price of electricity incentivizing big investments in renewable energy.

realitista,

Nice graph with no freaking labels.

tomsh,
@tomsh@lemmy.world avatar

I love it, I like it like my new contract they send me with new prices for electricity (44% up)

jatone,

Are you sure its the actual cost of the electricity or the fact that many other costs are often bundled into your bill?

Sniatch, (edited )

You should change your provider. I do it every year because thats how you can save lots of money.

UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Frustrating that these private energy companies can charge whatever they want (cough market rate is a scam cough) and you need to chase teaser rates year to year if you want to keep your electricity prices down.

Shame Western Europe lacks state owned municipalities obligated to sell at cost, rather than a colidascope of private firms looking to maximize the margin on every kWh sold.

unskilled5117,

Like others have mentioned, change your provider. Prices are going down again, as there have been advancements on installing renewables. Energy prices at the end of 2024 were 30,5% cheaper than at the start of 2023 (Source. This is the case even though we are paying more for the modernization of the grid, because renewables are that much cheaper than other sources.

RememberTheApollo_,

Meanwhile, the USA is 24%-ish renewables and 60%-ish fossil fuels. Damn fossil fuel industry and anti-progress politicians.

jatone,

*state dependent. ;)

pineapplelover,

They used to have nuclear too

OsrsNeedsF2P,

Electricity imports also rose to 24.9 TWh, driven by lower generation costs in neighboring countries during summer.

For the love of God, please just build nuclear instead of virtue signaling with solar panels while you import your energy needs.

Gsus4,
@Gsus4@mander.xyz avatar

For anyone who is interested in a detailed view of these stats worldwide in real time and cross-border with carbon intensities and individual breakdowns by electricity source: app.electricitymaps.com/map/72h

FundMECFSResearch,

Really cool. Thanks for the share. Also quite depressing, most countries (even rich ones who have like triple responsibility) are barely even trying.

wewbull, (edited )

UK for comparison (Average over year)

GW %
Coal 0.18 0.6
Gas 8.31 27.7
Solar 1.52 5.1
Wind 9.36 31.1
Hydroelectric 0.41 1.4
Nuclear 4.36 14.5
Biomass 2.15 7.1

Edit: Imports are the remainder

someguy3,

Remember Berlin has a latitude of 52.5°. That puts it far north of the 49th parallel border.

5714,

True, but climate in Central Europe is different to the US-Canada border.

where_am_i,

Yeah, you get even more clouds.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Sure, but Munich is south of the 49th parallel.

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