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Germany built out their electrical grid with twice the Solar capacity it needs to power the country. Problem is it achieves that kind of sun a few days a year.
by dukeofdoom 4y ago
Germany built out their electrical grid with twice the Solar capacity it needs to power the country. Problem is it achieves that kind of sun a few days a year. Germany is not California. Sorry. Not smart. It's a disastrous policy that will kill people.
- ben_w 4y ago> Germany built out their electrical grid with twice the Solar capacity it needs to power the country. Not so. Germany used 568.8 TW⋅h of electricity in 2021[0], or 64.9 GW on average. Even the nameplate capacity of PV is 58.7 GW, so less than use rather than double it, but the actual capacity factor — which is included in any reasonable definition of the capacity needed to power a country — brings it down to just under 10% of demand. All renewables together are just under half of demand right now.