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If you look at German power generation at this very moment you will see that they have huge wind and solar capacity, but the energy right now is mainly coming f
by ajmurmann 10y ago
If you look at German power generation at this very moment you will see that they have huge wind and solar capacity, but the energy right now is mainly coming from coal. I'm not sure if I should prefer nuclear or coal to step in in these wind still winter days. Of course more energy storage would be even better.
- TillE 10y agoWind and solar are still growing in Germany. Wind turbines are a relatively common sight, but pretty sparse. Building nuclear plants even in an ideal fantasy world would be hugely expensive and slow.
- ajmurmann 10y agoYes, building them would be. However, not shutting the existing once down because we learned that tsunamis can threaten nuclear power plants on the coast is a different story. Don't get me wrong I honestly don't know if nuclear is better than coal, but think it's a viable discussion.
- davedx 10y agoGermany has some problems building the high voltage interconnects between north and south. Once these finally get built, their power grid will be more flexible, which will help. Of course, those dreaded winter dips in both sunshine and wind are a nightmare...