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Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)

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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

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[-] higgsone@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Aren’t there any maintenance costs?

[-] pokemaster787@ani.social 11 points 11 months ago

149 hours of total renewables generation, 95 of which saw the Portuguese grid exporting to Spain

Pretty sure this is why. They sold the excess energy to Spain which probably paid for those costs by itself, leaving nothing to bill citizens for.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

"nearly zero"

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