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>Looking at the power generation of example Germany we see a massive 75%+ use of wind power in good conditions, but then see it all replaced with coal + oil + g
by pytester 8y ago
>Looking at the power generation of example Germany we see a massive 75%+ use of wind power in good conditions, but then see it all replaced with coal + oil + gas when it is not.
The last time I looked they were importing power from abroad when it's not, which usually meant pulling in excess power from French nuclear plants.
- belorn 8y agoUsage vs production is one of areas where I have had a hard time to get good data. I mostly base my own understand on https://www.electricitymap.org/?page=country&solar=false&remote=true&wind=false&countryCode=DE https://www.electricitymap.org/?page=country&solar=false&rem... and https://www.energy-charts.de/power.htm?source=all-sources&year=2018 https://www.energy-charts.de/power.htm?source=all-sources&ye... That said, there is a lot of import/export in Europe on the energy grid.