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Here are numbers for the German electricity mix, comparing 2021 with 2022 with 2021: * German electricity consumption (Netzlast) went down by only 4.1 % * Ger
by Eduard 4y ago
Here are numbers for the German electricity mix, comparing 2021 with 2022 with 2021:
* German electricity consumption (Netzlast) went down by only 4.1 %
* German electricity production (Energieerzeugung) went UP by 0.4 % (I guess the surprising difference w.r.t. consumption has to do with electricity exports to other countries)
* German electricity production by gas went UP by 2.1 %.
* German electricity production by lignite (Braunkohle) went UP by 5.4%
* German electricity production by coal (Schwarzkohle) went UP by 21.3%
https://www.energy-charts.info/index.html?l=de&c=DE https://www.energy-charts.info/index.html?l=de&c=DE
https://www.smard.de/home https://www.smard.de/home
https://www.smard.de/page/home/topic-article/444/209624 https://www.smard.de/page/home/topic-article/444/209624
https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2023/03/PD23_090_43312.html https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2023/03...
- locallost 4y agoYes, France went from being the largest exporter in Europe to being an importer. Something had to pick up the slack once a quarter of the nuclear plants went out unexpectedly.
- chrisandchris 4y agoSo we basically solved the energy crisis by producing more dirty energy while we didn't use green energy? Looks like we really got it figured out.
- citizen_friend 4y agoGrouping everything into "dirty" or "green" as if they all don't have varying degrees of negative side affects and other tradeoffs seems wrong to me.
- chrisandchris 4y agoI agree, but regarding using coal for electricity there isn't much room for discussion. There aren't many "green" aspects to it. For gas, it isn't that exact.
- citizen_friend 4y agoProduction and man power also use resources. If the coal is accessible and the facilities already exist it could be a reasonable options.