CleanTechnica » price of electricity http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Wind & Solar Pushing Down Price of Electricity in Australia http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/03/wind-solar-pushing-down-price-of-electricity-in-australia/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/03/wind-solar-pushing-down-price-of-electricity-in-australia/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:22:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=43549 The rules of Australia’s energy markets continue to be redrawn after the South Australian pricing regulator on Tuesday cut its calculation of wholesale energy costs and recommended that retail electricity prices be cut by 8.1 per cent.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/03/wind-solar-pushing-down-price-of-electricity-in-australia/feed/ 1 Renewables Driving Electricity Prices below $0 Some Afternoons (& Cutting into Baseload Power Plants’ Market Share) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/15/renewables-driving-electricity-prices-to-negative-some-afternoons-cutting-into-baseload-power-plants-market-share/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/15/renewables-driving-electricity-prices-to-negative-some-afternoons-cutting-into-baseload-power-plants-market-share/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:36:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36718   Renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind have been outstripping the electricity supply of traditional baseload (coal, nuclear, and some natural gas) power plants during daytime, especially afternoons, in some renewable-leading countries of late. One reason for this is: electricity demand tends to increase during the sunniest (the hottest) hours, and solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/15/renewables-driving-electricity-prices-to-negative-some-afternoons-cutting-into-baseload-power-plants-market-share/feed/ 14 Solar PV Reducing Price of Electricity in Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-pv-reducing-price-of-electricity-in-germany/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-pv-reducing-price-of-electricity-in-germany/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=34741 Oh, the solar power haters* are going to love this one---a recent study by Germany's Institute for Future Energy Systems (IZES), conducted on behalf of of the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar), has found that, on average, solar power has reduced the price of electricity 10% in Germany (on the EPEX exchange). It reduces prices up to 40% in the early afternoon, when electricity demand is peaking and electricity typically costs the most

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-pv-reducing-price-of-electricity-in-germany/feed/ 17 Top 10 Clean Tech Stories of 2011 http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/30/top-10-clean-tech-stories-of-2011/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/30/top-10-clean-tech-stories-of-2011/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:18:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33237   OK, I’m doing my top 10 list now. Following up on AWEA’s top 10 wind energy stories and SEIA’s top 10 solar energy stories, I decided I may as well give my own opinion on the top 10 clean energy stories and energy efficiency stories of 2011 (plus one bonus story). There will be

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