A year on into the energy crisis, policy makers have only tried supply measures in their attempt to address the problem. Their own words highlight the approach: “supply” and “production” got 28 mentions in last week’s communique of the Group of Seven summit; “demand” and “consumption” just five.
This is about to change: The best energy is that which we don’t consume. In Europe, officials are now working on a plan to fight the crisis, likely to be published in a couple of weeks, that’s going to focus on consumption measures. I expect to see a big emphasis on so-called “demand response.”
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*Saving electricity equals saving natural gas because a large chunk of power in Europe is generated by burning gas imported from Russia. *
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The typical demand response measure is cheaper energy prices during low-demand periods — say, at night or weekends. But what I hear out of Brussels is an extreme form: Paying some companies to slow down their plants significantly, or even halt them, so they don’t consume electricity, and therefore help to keep the lights on for everyone else.
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Paying companies not to consume electricity is easier than doing so with families.
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Slike initiativ som dette tyder på at energi vil fortsette å være dyrt en tid til, særlig naturgass og elektrisitet, noe som det forøvrig skrives om i samme artikkel
“With most of the attention focused on oil and natural gas, people overlook the fact that European electricity markets are already blowing up – and showing the dangers ahead for this winter. French electricity prices for December have surged to nearly 1,000 euros ($1,046) per megawatt hour, up from 50 euros two years ago. The benchmark German one-year forward is up to 300 euros per megawatt hour — excluding two days in December 2021, when prices spiked only to fall back again. That’s a record high.”
Har skrevet litt om fremtidsprisen for norsk strøm, som i 2019 (et av 4 siden år 2000 som har hatt nettoimport) hadde priser som varierte fra 34 øre til 48 øre på ukesbasis gjennom hele 2019 og i 90% av tilfellene la mellom 36 og 44 øre, og som har økt jevnt og trutt siden krigens start (30 øre i februar 2022), og nå 172 øre etter å ha steget 21% begge de siste uker.
Mao en vanvittig pristigning på elektrisitet 2 kvartaler frem, men likevel blekner det for hva hvordan det er i Frankrike, priser på 1046 øre per kwh, eller 10 kroner kilowatten.
Sånn sett er forslaget fra Washington post bra, betaler man 10 kroner kilowatten så lønner det seg å bytte ut kjøleskapet.
Basert på følgende regnestykke blir nedbetalingstiden på et kjøleskap under 1 år basert på franske elektristetspriser for desember 2022:
" A 20-year-old refrigerator could use 1,700 kWh of electricity every year , compared with about 450 kWh for a similarly sized new ENERGY STAR model. At an electrical cost of 12 cents per kWh, that represents a savings of $150 per year and a potential payback of about 7-9 years"
Så løp og kjøp, Washingthon Post har vist oss hvordan vi både kan vinne krigen mot Russland, og spare penger, både 2 fluer i en smekk og en no brainer.
