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You should see how much they’ve invested in solar to hit that mark, and how much capacity is being unutilized
by spaceman_2020 4y ago
You should see how much they’ve invested in solar to hit that mark, and how much capacity is being unutilized
- raverbashing 4y agoTop utilization of solar was approximately 25% of the installed base today At the same time, 49% of nuclear in France is being used today and 62% of nuclear in the UK So, it's "bad" but not everything is used 100% all the time
- spaceman_2020 4y agoThe thing is, on a perfect day, Germany has enough solar capacity to fulfill almost all of its electricity needs. But that perfect day is rare, largely because of Germany’s climate. So you have a situation where you have to essentially install over 100% of your needs in solar. You’re overspending for suboptimum results.
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agoyes you overbuild, but solar is still one of the cheapest girls is electricity even when you consider the necessary overbuilding.
- imhoguy 4y agoAnd how much all that solar equipment garbage is going to be disposed soon.
- teamonkey 4y agoMaybe you could show us with a source?
- spaceman_2020 4y agoThis is a good one: https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-failure-on-the-road-to-a-renewable-future-a-1266586.html https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-failure-... Essentially, there’s plenty of installed solar capacity but most of it can’t be utilized fully unless its a perfect day. So you have to essentially rely on backup and keep installing more and more solar capacity beyond your needs because those perfect solar days are so rare in Germany. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has ever spent even two days in Germany - the country isn’t exactly brimming with sunlight.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoYour article says Germany started off well but politicians were too scared to continue and other nations caught up. In particular they dragged their heels on ICE to EV transition, which I agree with. Luckily they shifted from a conservative towards a green government and all that stuff is moving forward again. > Politicians have ignored other elements, like industrial production, building efficiency and, especially, vehicle traffic. Involving those areas and coming up with an overarching concept, that's the hard part that must now be addressed. And it will determine whether Germany will once again become a model of sustainable economic production or whether the entire experiment will end in failure.
- megablast 4y agoOr you could tell us.