Critical_Insight@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoPrice of electricity in Finland peaks at 2.35€/kWh today. Keeping my tiny granny cottage warm costs me over 50 euros for a single day. It's negative 25C (-13F) outside.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square294fedilinkarrow-up1860arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1848arrow-down1imagePrice of electricity in Finland peaks at 2.35€/kWh today. Keeping my tiny granny cottage warm costs me over 50 euros for a single day. It's negative 25C (-13F) outside.i.imgur.comCritical_Insight@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square294fedilinkfile-text
That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoGeothermal is expensive and not worth it financially in many countries but when you are looking at 2.35€/kWh it seems like a great investment.
minus-squareHotzilla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoHe doesn’t mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology. Over half of the new houses in Finland are build with geothermal. It costs roughly 18 000€ to construct.
Geothermal is expensive and not worth it financially in many countries but when you are looking at 2.35€/kWh it seems like a great investment.
He doesn’t mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology.
Over half of the new houses in Finland are build with geothermal. It costs roughly 18 000€ to construct.