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Europe’s Electricity Prices Are Far Higher than Prices in the United States

In Europe, electricity prices are two to four times higher than in the United States, with the U.K.’s industrial electricity price 4.2 times higher and Germany’s residential electricity price 2.6 times higher. Business executives and some economists say much of the increase is due to the shift to intermittent renewables like wind and solar, which …