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Germany Has Too Many Solar Panels, and It's Pushed Energy Prices Negative (markets.businessinsider.com)
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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That sounds like a good problem to have.
Next step is get those power storage systems in to take advantage of negative pricing

[–] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Buy this battery, and the power company will pay you to charge it. Problem?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

That already happens on large scales. E.g. aluminium smelters will sync their smelters to the grid price.