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Some time ago in Germany the last two nuclear power plants produced more than their entire wind and solar systems. Australia is nice, now do that in Northern Eu

Some time ago in Germany the last two nuclear power plants produced more than their entire wind and solar systems. Australia is nice, now do that in Northern Europe, in winter some countries barely have sun during the day, couple that with below freezing temperatures and your whole system become extremely in efficient. I was in my hometown during the holidays, between heavy fog and clouds we didn't see the sun for two weeks straight, not even mentioning almost constant snow

defrost 4y ago
To be clear, you're criticising an integrated system optimally designed to work in South Australian conditions for not being plug 'n play transferable to Germany? Is that correct? Have you considered asking an engineer to design a system optimal for German conditions? BTW - we (Australia) have signed a large contract ($50 billion) with Germany recently to export Australian sunlight to Germany [1] as Ammonia ... [1] https://reneweconomy.com.au/forrest-strikes-huge-green-hydrogen-plan-with-german-energy-giant-e-on/ https://reneweconomy.com.au/forrest-strikes-huge-green-hydro...
- lm28469 4y ago
  Yes I am, we're talking about "the Future Dominance of Solar and Wind Energy". It's a very localised future, won't work for half of the year in half of the world, the half in which most people are living.
  - defrost 4y ago
    And yet, somehow, Germany produced 46 percent of 2022 German power consumption via renewables. Could you explain again how this doesn't work in half the world? Is there no wind in Europe, no ability to lay long power lines (like like gas lines lines, only towards the equator rather than Russia), no path upwards past 46% ? On the face of it you don't seem to be putting much effort into finding a solution past fossil fuel usage .. is that because you don't accept climate change, you don't care what happens when they get increasingly scarce and more expensive, etc?

defrost 4y ago

To be clear, you're criticising an integrated system optimally designed to work in South Australian conditions for not being plug 'n play transferable to Germany? Is that correct? Have you considered asking an engineer to design a system optimal for German conditions? BTW - we (Australia) have signed a large contract ($50 billion) with Germany recently to export Australian sunlight to Germany [1] as Ammonia ... [1] https://reneweconomy.com.au/forrest-strikes-huge-green-hydrogen-plan-with-german-energy-giant-e-on/ https://reneweconomy.com.au/forrest-strikes-huge-green-hydro...

lm28469 4y ago
Yes I am, we're talking about "the Future Dominance of Solar and Wind Energy". It's a very localised future, won't work for half of the year in half of the world, the half in which most people are living.
- defrost 4y ago
  And yet, somehow, Germany produced 46 percent of 2022 German power consumption via renewables. Could you explain again how this doesn't work in half the world? Is there no wind in Europe, no ability to lay long power lines (like like gas lines lines, only towards the equator rather than Russia), no path upwards past 46% ? On the face of it you don't seem to be putting much effort into finding a solution past fossil fuel usage .. is that because you don't accept climate change, you don't care what happens when they get increasingly scarce and more expensive, etc?