[cubefox]

I mean higher than in other countries with less solar energy, like France, which has mostly nuclear.

[Garlef]

This seems to be a good question for an the LLM of you choice. I've asked one and after some search:

Wholesale prices:

- Germany ~€0.089/kWh - Factor 2.94 to consumer Price

- France ~€0.061/kWh - Factor 2.92 to consumer price

- Spain. ~€0.065/kWh - Factor 2.82 to consumer price

The reason seems to be that this price is driven by the tech that is used to fill the gaps what demand is high.

And coal/gas make this expensive.

- Germany needs a lot of coal/gas at some times

- France has nuclear so less coal/gas is needed

- Spain just has a lot of renewables and needs way less coal/gas to compensate

So France is better off because of nuclear... But Spain is doing nearly as well with renewables.

[IAmBroom]

The "saves $" value is based on fossil fuels, not nuclear.

[cubefox]

"Saving money" in an absolute sense is very different from "saving money compared to fossil fuels". The headline talks about the former.