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> Spain and Germany next to us going for full wind and solar. Actually they going full coal and oil and gas since they need electricity and hydro suffer from d
by kkfx 4y ago
> Spain and Germany next to us going for full wind and solar.
Actually they going full coal and oil and gas since they need electricity and hydro suffer from drought and wind does not produce much AND in general without massive storage no grid can work on renewables...
Oh, I say that as one who have p.v., with (little) storage at home, and I see how the frequency suffer from irregular loads even at that small scale.
- barbazoo 4y ago> Actually they going full coal and oil and gas since they need electricity and hydro suffer from drought and wind does not produce much AND in general without massive storage no grid can work on renewables... I very much doubt that much of that is true, at least for Germany. Could you share the source for that claim?
- kkfx 4y agoFor instance https://theobjective.com/economia/2022-08-04/espana-carbon-gobierno/ https://theobjective.com/economia/2022-08-04/espana-carbon-g... "energy crisis force Spain to increment 108% coal electricity generation" or for Germany, in English https://reneweconomy.com.au/in-germany-a-wind-farm-is-dismantled-to-make-way-for-expanded-lignite-coal-mine/ https://reneweconomy.com.au/in-germany-a-wind-farm-is-disman... https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/germany-reactivates-coal-power-plants-amid-russian-gas-supply-threats/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/germany-reactiv... And also https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220620-dutch-join-germany-austria-in-reverting-to-coal https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220620-dutch-join-ge... https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-energy-u-turn-coal-instead-of-gas/a-62709160 https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-energy-u-turn-coal-instead-of... https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220627-france-may-restart-coal-fired-power-plant-ahead-of-winter-energy-spike https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220627-france-may-restart-coa...
- barbazoo 4y agoI don't read any of that as Germany "going full coal and oil and gas".
- kkfx 4y agohttps://www.destatis.de/EN/Press/2022/09/PE22_374_43312.html https://www.destatis.de/EN/Press/2022/09/PE22_374_43312.html It's better? You do not see much data because no EU country want to advertise much their sorry state of energy.