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		throw0101b on April 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environm... > But what happens on the weekend when demand for power drops even more? Umm… generation is taken offline? Usually Gas and Hydro if renewables are available. If renewables drop then Gas and Hydro are brought back up.

Retric on April 22, 2023 [–]

It’s not just that power is taken offline but wholesale prices drop at the same time. In extreme cases the grid will charge you money for every kWh you’re dumping on it. That’s obviously not a profitable time to be generating electricity.

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