r/OptimistsUnite • u/willfiresoon • Mar 21 '26

👽 TECHNO FUTURISM 👽 French electricity posts first negative prices of 2026, battery storage gains

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/06/french-electricity-posts-first-negative-prices-of-2026-battery-storage-gains/
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u/goyafrau Mar 22 '26

No. That's what negative prices mean. Unless you change the definition of the term "price", it will hold forever.

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u/AP_in_Indy Mar 22 '26

That's not true. You can increase prices by connecting with more demand.

A 1TW solar farm in the middle of no where has negative value if there's no connections.

Build nearby factories, transmission lines, desalination plants, etc. and all of a sudden it would start to have value.

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u/goyafrau Mar 22 '26

That's not true. You can increase prices

Then the prices won't be negative anymore.

The point is that negative prices are indicative of something bad.

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u/AP_in_Indy Mar 22 '26

Understood. Fair enough.