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No. Currently (20:56 UTC) there is no sun shining in Europe. As for wind, in the UK (it's the country where I know where to find the real-time data easily), wi
by barney54 5y ago
No. Currently (20:56 UTC) there is no sun shining in Europe.
As for wind, in the UK (it's the country where I know where to find the real-time data easily), wind is only producing about 1/3 of its capacity--about 7GW of 24GW capacity. https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/live https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/live Overall renewables are generating about 1/4 of total generation.
- tomp 5y agoHow much of that wind power is actually produced within the UK vs. on in the surrounding sea? Point being, most EU countries don't have as much sea to use for wind, so have much lower wind power generation potential.
- estaseuropano 5y agoIn simplified terms, most EU countries have either ample sun (Mediterranean area), wind and ocean (north, west ) or wind and space (Poland & neighbors). Most also have a coast, mountains or both so some hydro potential. Even Luxembourg managed to find thermal power for heating. With wind turbines improving steadily and available in different sizes there is also no big barrier to having them interspersed. Germany or the Netherlands are in large parts densely populated but still manage to put up wind turbines everywhere.
- patall 5y agoThe UK has 275 inhabitants per square kilometer, the EU has 102 inhabitants per square kilometer.