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European electricity prices tumble into negative territory amid glut of green energy
(markets.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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Someone with a coal or nuclear plant pays to keep transmitting power so they don't have to turn it off.
Some (not great) subsidy schemes for wind also pay out regardless of market prices, but those are less common.