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> Renewables are like a trickle at best Doesn't Germany have a lot of wind power? Denmark sure does. Let's see, 27.2% wind in 2020: https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by wumpus 5y ago
> Renewables are like a trickle at best
Doesn't Germany have a lot of wind power? Denmark sure does.
Let's see, 27.2% wind in 2020: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Germany
And apparently there's a fair bit of North Sea area that can be used for new offshore wind.
- robertlagrant 5y agoPercentages are misleading when it comes to power sources that only work some of the time.
- nitrogen 5y agoIt would be really fascinating to see hourly/monthly percentages as a stacked bar chart.
- wumpus 5y agoThat wasn't theoretical installed base, it was actual power produced.
- tmikaeld 5y agoDo you only use electricity only some hours a day? No it’s usage need to be constant, or you'll get black-outs in regions where the grids 50hz frequency cannot be kept - which a lot of communals in Sweden are dangerously close to. And if you don't keep the network balanced, you'll get complete blackouts instead of regional blackouts.
- robertlagrant 5y ago> That wasn't theoretical installed base, it was actual power produced That's not what I'm saying. On a windy day, then doubling your number of wind turbines will (roughly) double your power output. But if there's no wind, your output drops to zero. Contrast that with nuclear power, where doubling capacity doubles output always. So with nuclear power you could say that based on what current output we have, if we build X more capacity we could retire all polluting energy sources. With wind (say) you can't say that.
- wumpus 5y agoSo, you're saying that if we adopt a stupid wind policy, bad things will happen? I'd agree with that. Have you considered adopting a good policy instead?
- robertlagrant 5y agoIf you read my comments you'll see what I said, which is that such percentages are misleading. Not sure what's causing your newfound silliness.