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Britain's power imports cost €1.7 billion less than burning its own gas

Britain paid €2.9 billion for imported power this year. Making it in British gas plants would have cost €4.6 billion. What Shell's Jackdaw field changes.

Britain pays more for power than most of Europe, and buys a tenth of it from abroad.

Britain pays more for power than every continental country its cables reach. A tenth of its power now comes through those cables, and the price gap on them was worth about €1.5 billion this year.

Spain's solar struggle: Tesla ready to soak up the sun

Midday power in Spain now sells for a fifth of the evening price. Who gets paid for the power solar produces, and why Tesla is lined up to take the margin.