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> "To ensure that these ambitious growth scenarios are not hampered by lengthy planning procedures, local opposition and contradictions with other protected goa

> "To ensure that these ambitious growth scenarios are not hampered by lengthy planning procedures, local opposition and contradictions with other protected goals, the government establishes the principle that the use of renewable energies is of overriding public interest and will be given priority over other concerns until greenhouse gas neutrality is achieved." Not exactly as clean as it sounds. They merely want to take away the burden of the developer to get comments and approval from people before they proceed with planning. Individuals can still sue and block projects. This is just talk in my opinion. Like when the government declared in 2010 that they want to have 1 million EV on the road in 2020. Or when they decided to shut off nuclear and replace it with renewables and instead built out coal and gas. Or when they decided to phase out coal by 2035…

freeflight 5y ago
> Or when they decided to shut off nuclear and replace it with renewables and instead built out coal and gas. The nuclear phase out was signed and ratified in 2002, since then nuclear has mostly replaced with solar and wind [0], while the share of electricity from coal has has actually gone slightly down. Germany's 40%+ renewables are an testament to Germany pioneering the sector [1], one that too often gets belittled with straight up misinformation. [0] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-consumption-and-power-mix-charts https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-c... [1] https://www.trade.gov/energy-resource-guide-germany-renewable-energy https://www.trade.gov/energy-resource-guide-germany-renewabl...
- TremendousJudge 5y ago
  >while the share of electricity from coal has has actually gone slightly down But the electricity generation in general has gone up since then. While total coal has gone down, gas has gone up, and therefore the total amount of electricity generated from fossil fuel sources has only changed slightly. It's clear on this chart[0]. So actual progress in reducing fossil fuel dependency in the last 20 years has been small (the chart is not properly labeled for this, but it looks like something around 50TWh less than in 2002) -- and that's not even counting non-electric heating. [0] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_image/public/paragraphs/images/fig2a-gross-power-production-germany-1990-2021-source.png?itok=WF_6jBAP https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...

freeflight 5y ago

> Or when they decided to shut off nuclear and replace it with renewables and instead built out coal and gas. The nuclear phase out was signed and ratified in 2002, since then nuclear has mostly replaced with solar and wind [0], while the share of electricity from coal has has actually gone slightly down. Germany's 40%+ renewables are an testament to Germany pioneering the sector [1], one that too often gets belittled with straight up misinformation. [0] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-consumption-and-power-mix-charts https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-c... [1] https://www.trade.gov/energy-resource-guide-germany-renewable-energy https://www.trade.gov/energy-resource-guide-germany-renewabl...

TremendousJudge 5y ago
>while the share of electricity from coal has has actually gone slightly down But the electricity generation in general has gone up since then. While total coal has gone down, gas has gone up, and therefore the total amount of electricity generated from fossil fuel sources has only changed slightly. It's clear on this chart[0]. So actual progress in reducing fossil fuel dependency in the last 20 years has been small (the chart is not properly labeled for this, but it looks like something around 50TWh less than in 2002) -- and that's not even counting non-electric heating. [0] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_image/public/paragraphs/images/fig2a-gross-power-production-germany-1990-2021-source.png?itok=WF_6jBAP https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...