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Zeebrommer
19 days ago
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Carbon-aware electricity pricing, measured daily o...
Mostly yes, but it works the other direction as well: a fossil power station may not want to completely shut down because it expects more demand later in the day, and offer a few hours of low cost electricity to stay in the merit order.
Maxion
18 days ago
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A lot of fossil power stations
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shut down for a few hours, they have to keep themselves on.
Gigachad
18 days ago
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Coal mostly. This is why coal is largely being phased out for natural gas which can cycle on and off as needed.
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