Comment by Y-bar

6 days ago

So another major bidder for electricity in my area comes online. Not looking forward to the invoices next winter…

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benrutter  6 days ago

Anyone needing context on this: Norway's electrical infrastructure is almost too good since citizen's prices are set in competition with exporting to the UK, and mainland Europe.

Probably will reap the rewards in about 10 years time once the UK is producing huge amounts of wind and Europe solar, but that's not nuch of a consolation for the minute.

  • rasz  6 days ago

    What rewards would north Norway reap when they pay 2 euro/mwh right now?

    • benrutter  6 days ago

      Not so much North Norway, but certainly south Norway who currently pay taxes that build north Norway's infrastructure, but have to compete on price with the UK and Europe.

01100011  6 days ago

Same issue happening in the US right now too. Datacenters are gobbling up electricity and pushing prices ever higher.

Tariffs will make it even worse, with prices the utilities have to pay for infrastructure shooting higher.

I've heard the limiting factor right now for some DCs is the lack of electrical equipment(transformers, cabling, etc).