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Can't read past the paywall but this looks to be unsatisfactory. Generating as much electricity as the total electricity they use is not the same as having ren
by oliwarner 5y ago
Can't read past the paywall but this looks to be unsatisfactory.
Generating as much electricity as the total electricity they use is not the same as having renewably generated energy stored and ready to use at all times of day, around the year, and for purposes that would have historically used fossil fuels.
If you're burning fossil fuels for heating and transport and even electricity, that's not "100% renewable energy".
It requires degassing heating infrastructure and dealing with the massive increase in power demand that causes. As well as making it cheaper. It has to half in price to avoid heating inflation.
Electrification of transport will take decades to complete.
To reiterate, I'm not saying that Germany is aiming in the wrong direction, it's just hard to grok what they actually mean. Having seen British politicians screw this up for a quick win, I'm not optimistic.