how the subsidy for solar and wind works!!!!!

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    it seems that solar and wind electricity producers get DOUBLE what the coal powered generators get, for the electricity which is delivered to the grid

    selling the same amount of electricity, the coal-fired generator receives $80, while the IED receives $165

    http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/open-letter-to-dr-alan-finkel.pdf

    Under the RET scheme, fossil-fuel generators have asingle source of income, which is the money paid for the electricity they sell into the grid. IEDs have two sources, money paid for electricity sold into the grid and money paid (ultimately by electricity consumers) for the RECs the federal government authorises them to print and which electricity distributors are compelled to buy.

    Last year the average AEMO NSW electricity price was $51.60 per MWh. (It was $28.27 in 2000 and $81.40 so far for 2017.) Over the last six months, the spot price for Large-Scale Generation Certificates (LGC), mandated under the RET, has varied around $85 per MWh.

    So, in that period (using rounded numbers for illustration), a coal-fired generator selling into the grid at spot prices might receive $80 per MWh supplied. However, an IED would receive the same spot price of $80 per MWh AND a further $85 per MWh from selling the RET mandated LGC it is authorised to create for each MWh supplied into the grid. So, for selling the same amount of electricity, the coal-fired generator receives $80, while the IED receives $165.

    where IED = intermittent electricity devices = improvised explosive device (for electricity bills)
    Last edited by watso: 25/07/17
 
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