Yup, no solar power in Germany. :? Then how come it is dropping daytime spot prices? Look a the two graphs in the article:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/04/german-solar-juggernaut-continues-despite-tariff-cuts/
Reddy
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/04/german-solar-juggernaut-continues-despite-tariff-cuts/
Oh, and I love this one:The interpretation seized on by Photon (and subsequently restated in English by Renewables International Magazine) is that this dip in daytime electricity price is entirely thanks to Germany's photovoltaics infrastructure. That has rocketed from an installed capacity of 6GW in 2008 to 25GW in 2011—amounting to half the world's installed solar power, with 7.5GW installed in that year alone. Renewables International estimates that a further 2GW may have been installed already this year.
So now you know the real reason Faux News is spouting this dribble. The old fossils are LOSING market share to renewables, especially during those peak daytime use hours, and they don't like it. So what do think would happen in California, if PVs reduced the peak daytime prices to that of the nightime?As veteran business and environment journalist Giles Parkinson put it at Renew Economy, "solar PV is not just licking the cream off the profits of the fossil fuel generators—it is in fact eating their entire cake."
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