01:15 - 01:30
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    Transforming Business

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    Negative energy prices: Why cheap electricity can create huge problems

    The last three years have seen a rapid increase in renewable energy production across much of Europe. But thanks to the variability of solar and wind energy, sometimes more energy is being produced than can actually be used, which tips prices not only into ultra cheap territory, but sometimes into the negatives. Why's this happening?

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    Transforming Business
      Folgesendung: 01:30 / DW English

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