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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Those still have to be connected to the grid. be maintained, cooled, controlled, all of which costs money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Okay? So does the entire rest of the grid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

The point is that those have a cost, so grid has to pay for them, essentially. Hence negative electricity prices.