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I guess their plan is to count on the french being able to sell them power when the wind does not blow hard enough...
by lelag 5y ago
I guess their plan is to count on the french being able to sell them power when the wind does not blow hard enough...
- iso1631 5y agoAcross the entire of Europe there should be enough tidal, offshore wind, solar to provide plenty of power. It's rare that the north, baltic, biscay and med are all becalmed For storage, there's overbuilding capacity and using excess to generate hygrogen (and thus convert it back), storage from cars, potential for hydro storage in the alps and pyrinees, and in the short term gas provision from UK/Norway for top up, should be more than enough to maintain independence and resilience. But there's more money in burning fossils.
- VaxWithSex 5y agoThe plan is to use the overshoot energy to electrolyze hydrogen and store it via pressure increase in the extensive German gas network… for use during the "Dunkelflaute" in the gas plants.
- _ph_ 5y agoNo, that is a myth which is repeated frequently. Germany is still a net exporter of electricity and all plans require to be at least neutral in production. Of course, Germany is part of the European electricity market. This means, in day to day business, there is a lot of electricity exchange. Germany might buy nuclear power from France in the morning and France might buy German solar power over noon or wind power in the evening. How electricity is produced and distributed in Europe solely depends on the momentary balance between consumption and production. The grids are interconnected from Norway to the north and Spain and Italy to the South. Also including the UK and of course the whole central Europe.