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Interesting news item
Third paragraph:
It appears that gasoline generators are at work pumping energy into Spain's
heavily subsidized solar panels. Of the 6 billion euros in government aid to the
electricity market, 2.3 billion is lavished on electricity that is supposed to
be produced by the sun's rays, generating a mere 2 percent of the nation's power
needs. Under the profligate plan, anyone installing a solar panel can collect a
check for 436 euros for each megawatt[-hour] of power returned to the electrical
grid. Several solar farms have sprung up as a result. As the newspaper El Mundo
reported last week, at least 6,000 megawatts[-hours] of purported solar
electricity were generated during the dark evening and early-morning hours over
three months. The decidedly nongreen use of generators helped the enterprising
fraudsters walk away with at least 2.6 million euros.
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Note: 436 euros per MWh is 58 US cents per kWh.
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