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Could The U.s. Cut Household Electricity Use By 2/3Rds

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In Germany, because utilities have purchased all this solar capacity on long-term contracts, there is effectively zero marginal cost to taking the solar electricity onto the grid.
In Germany, there's enough solar electricity on sunny afternoons to completely offset
. . . the traditional spike in electricity demand created by air conditioning.
. . . So, instead of taking electricity from expensive gas peaking power plants
. . . or diesel generators, utilities have low-cost solar filling the gap,
. . . undermining the previous price peaks.

Source: ilsr renewablesinternational  cleantechnica


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