Much of the electricity in the US is actually generated by burning oil, as well..
As it happens, enemalta has a web presence.. There's a fixed service charge of €65 for single phase residential, €195 for three phase.. .. that's where your big cost is.. The actual electricity is €0.161 to €0.620 per kWh in 5 tiers. (it doesn't actually say kWh, but I assume that's what the units are..) So that's high on a per kWh basis (compared to, say, California) but not exceedingly high.. (maybe 2x-3x.) For businesses: The flat fee is €360 for 3phase, and rates go from 0.162 up to 0.215 (at 20-60 MWh) and then down to 0.144 at 5GWh. This is a pretty typical sort of rate schedule.. gradually rising, then falling. (and of course, they stick you for reactive power, too, just like in the U.S.) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Aquilina Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:18 AM To: Brian D. Ropers-Huilman Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Google greywater cooling On a residential electricity note. between 3 people in this house we pay about 800 euros which is about 266 euros a person which equates to about 88 euros a month for electricity. On 22/03/2012 17:03, Brian D. Ropers-Huilman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:19, Jonathan Aquilina<[email protected]> > wrote: >> Those are some interesting thoughts, I live on the island of Malta, >> where electrical prices are expensive. The Dc i used to work at >> charged >> 58 euros per kwh of electricity used if you colocate. > I'm sorry, but ... are your numbers right? €58 per kw/hr? At today's > conversion rate of $1.3167 == €1, that's ~$76.37 per kw/hr. I pay > ~$0.11 per kw/hr residential here in the States (after various fees > are thrown in, too). I see a "reality check" error in your ~700x cost > ... > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
