'Solar saved Europe $135M a day' is a real number — but it's fuel not bought, not money in your pocket (cleantechnica.com)
The figure compares actual solar output against what the fuel to replace it would have cost — about $135M a day over roughly 100 days.
The correction: that's avoided imports, not net savings. It excludes the hundreds of billions in panels and the grid costs of intermittency.
And a neat aside on why solar-heavy Germany still pays a lot: marginal pricing means the most expensive plant still running sets the price.
Sign in to save