What these power companies need to do is stop this patching of a broken concept and start realizing that nuclear power, cheap and constant is the only solution,
nuclear power is only cheap. if its built in an area of high demand..
if they prebuild a power station with capacity for 2m homes. but there are currently only 50,000 homes in the nearby villages.. then the price per person is going to be 40x
(thy are not building out for todays demands. they are pre building for the potential demands of 20-60 years time)
some will say "then build a cheap nuclear power station of only 100k" to which the price of the build is not going to be 20x less. its only going to be 2x. (yep even if it needs 20x less fuel rods, the shielding needs to be the same thickness and the monitoring stations and maintenance guys need to still have he same costs. so costs do not divide down well if u divide the capacity)
meaning only a capacity of 100k but a build cost equivelent to what should facilitate 1m homes
and again in the first years only 50k are paying towards costs so costs are still 20x
however
without waiting for generations of families to then need more homes to grow the housing demand upto 100k, 1m, 2m over many decades..
they can easily build the 2m power plant. and then ask asic farmers to set up nearby. where they will have a bunch of asic farms comprising of a total of say 500k asics which is the equivelent to 1m homes usage. taking up 50% of the capacity FROM YEAR ONE and there by give the equivelent of 1m homes electric bill money to the power plant from day one even while there are only actually 50k homes
meaning the power company is getting 1.05m house hold equiv' income so that the cost per bill is only 2x instead of 20x
and by introducing industry(asic farming) into the area, also ramps up the need for housing, shops, other business to thrive in the area, to accelerate the normal growth of housing/other business to then take up the capacity to reach their 2m sooner. and get their cost to 1x per bill payer in years instead of decades..
it would only be then, after years whereby the natural growth demand accelerates they would then say to asic farmers they wont renew their power contracts as they need that 1m capacity back for the normal population.
but by this point another region is building out. and it becomes like 'corporate tourism' where mining farm businesses move to different regions every 3-5 years. (much like amazon ware houses), finding the next cheap rate location that accepts them and offers them tax free status or R&D grants or whatever state incentives that state representatives give
..
now you understand the concept from your favoured power production method
apply it to the other renewable methods that prebuild, not just for todays demand but for future potential capacity above todays demand..
i know you think that if a ASIC needs 3kw/h = 72KWH a day. that a idiot is just going to put up 3kw panels or enough just for 72KW a day.. where you always cry about the 1/3rd a day means it only actually produces 24KWH a day from a 72kw set of panels..
reality is.. outside of your cries.. if they are planning an asic farm they wont just put up 72KW of solar panels. nor the 216kwh panels (to counter your 1/3rd cries). they would put up 450KW+ of panels to give them a head start for future proofing for a few years and having enough excess that even at a 1/3rd day sunlight, the 450KW+ field of panels is still more then the 72KW they need
however when doing this. they have 450kw of panel cost. with a capacity of 150kw but a demand on day one of 74, meaning if they can intice a neighbour or other industry to buy into the other 50%. they will get full 100% income to cover costs twice as fast of the initial build
