Comments on: The cheaper the electricity the lower its carbon footprint! http://greenmonk.net/the-cheaper-the-electricity-the-lower-its-carbon-footprint/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RealtimeCarbon.org gives realtime CO2 intensity of electricity generation in the UK http://greenmonk.net/the-cheaper-the-electricity-the-lower-its-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-6365 RealtimeCarbon.org gives realtime CO2 intensity of electricity generation in the UK Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:07:39 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=591#comment-6365 [...] If you actively select for cheaper electricity, you are de facto selecting for greener electricity because cheaper electricity has a higher % of renewable energy in the mix. [...] [...] If you actively select for cheaper electricity, you are de facto selecting for greener electricity because cheaper electricity has a higher % of renewable energy in the mix. [...]

]]> By: REALLY Smart Meters! http://greenmonk.net/the-cheaper-the-electricity-the-lower-its-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-4450 REALLY Smart Meters! Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:25:15 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=591#comment-4450 [...] this is not nearly ambitious enough as far as I am concerned. First off, as I have said previously, cheaper electricity typically has a higher % of renewables in the generation mix. Therefore, if I am getting a smart meter, I want it to be a very smart meter. I want my meter to [...] [...] this is not nearly ambitious enough as far as I am concerned. First off, as I have said previously, cheaper electricity typically has a higher % of renewables in the generation mix. Therefore, if I am getting a smart meter, I want it to be a very smart meter. I want my meter to [...]

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://greenmonk.net/the-cheaper-the-electricity-the-lower-its-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-4318 Tom Raftery Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:02:53 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=591#comment-4318 Thierry, sorry, I didn't explain my point well. There is some truth to your point that renewables are often more expensive than non-renewable sources but that is changing with the increased interest in research into renewables, the price of generation is falling. Apart from that entirely, my point was about the price of electricity on the <em>wholesale market</em>, not the price of generation. The price on the wholesale market is the price of all the suppliers aggregated versus all the demand. In other words wholesale pricing is entirely a function of supply and demand. Thierry,

sorry, I didn’t explain my point well. There is some truth to your point that renewables are often more expensive than non-renewable sources but that is changing with the increased interest in research into renewables, the price of generation is falling.

Apart from that entirely, my point was about the price of electricity on the wholesale market, not the price of generation. The price on the wholesale market is the price of all the suppliers aggregated versus all the demand. In other words wholesale pricing is entirely a function of supply and demand.

]]> By: thierry de Baillon http://greenmonk.net/the-cheaper-the-electricity-the-lower-its-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-4315 thierry de Baillon Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:06:53 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=591#comment-4315 alternative electricity sources aren't really cheaper, unless subsidized, what cannot stand forever... What will be the REAL price of electricity then ? alternative electricity sources aren’t really cheaper, unless subsidized, what cannot stand forever… What will be the REAL price of electricity then ?

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