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> It's no longer cost competitive, and places like China that adopt a "let's try everything and see what works best" approach have heavily pulled back on nuclea
by cbmuser 6y ago
> It's no longer cost competitive, and places like China that adopt a "let's try everything and see what works best" approach have heavily pulled back on nuclear.
When it’s night in Germany, it’s night in the rest of Europe.
When there is no wind in Germany, there isn’t usually much more wind across Europe.
Please take some look at actual electricity generating data for Germany (see smard.de) and find out why your assumptions are not correct.
- cycomanic 6y agoYou should have a look at the relevant literature. There have been several calculations made on how much overprovisioning is needed to run the grid only on wind, hydro and solar. It is significant but doable. Also have a look here https://www.windy.com/?46.529,20.479,4 https://www.windy.com/?46.529,20.479,4 and look at the variation across Europe, especially if you include offshore wind.