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> Germany also shut its nuclear power stations in favour of more coal This is false. Germany replaced their nuclear capacity with, for the most part, wind and
by jhayward 7y ago
> Germany also shut its nuclear power stations in favour of more coal
This is false. Germany replaced their nuclear capacity with, for the most part, wind and solar, plus natural gas.
Coal consumption in Germany is down by 50% since they began their nuclear drawdown.
- rasz 7y agoI dont see this 50% drop https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_image/public/paragraphs/images/fig1-installed-net-power-generation-capacity-germany-2002-2019.png?itok=DEdA2_3B https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g... There might be 50% accounting drop in some reports thanks to all the biomas co-firing making coal plants ECO on paper, at the cost of freshly chopped European forests.
- skrause 7y ago> I dont see this 50% drop Obviously, because you're looking at installed peak capacity, not actual power generation. Here you can see that coal is indeed being used less and less: https://energy-charts.de/energy_de.htm?source=all-sources&period=annual&year=all https://energy-charts.de/energy_de.htm?source=all-sources&pe...
- adrianN 7y agoNow do the same calculation, but instead of replacing nuclear with renewables, replace coal with renewables.