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‘Decoupling from fossil fuel shocks’: Europe’s electricity made 25% cheaper thanks to solar and wind

Data also shows that price impacts grow stronger when more renewables come online.

As Europe faces an energy crisis amid volatile fossil fuel markets, investments in renewables have proved vital to shielding consumers and businesses from the worst price hikes.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/24/decoupling-from-fossil-fuel-shocks-europes-electricity-made-25-cheaper-thanks-to-solar-and

#Europe #energy #renewables

Solar and wind slashed Europe’s electricity prices by 25% in 2023-2025

Data also shows that price impacts grow stronger when more renewables come online.

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Apr 24 at 5:30amTusky
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Half-hourly #pricing for consumer - domestic - #electricity makes a degree of sense. Charge according to cost of acquisition and delivery.
And doing it by geographic district - UK counties perhaps - makes another sort of sense.
A #county which makes (or brings ashore) most of the electricity used in it should have a lower unit price than a county where the views have been "preserved" from turbines and panels, and the fission boilers and gas burners are in other people's back yards.