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You can just look at the data to see they're constantly expanding so I'm not sure where you got this from?

• realusername 3y ago
  The data is going the exact same way as I'm saying, they are planning an exponential install curve to counter the low lifespan effect. Next year, they double the solar installation rate compared to last year, then by 2025, they almost double it again.
  • cinntaile 3y ago
    The install curve has been exponential since the beginning. The thing I responded to wasn't really that though, it was your peculiar conclusion they had come nowhere, 0% as you called it, towards their 2050 goals. And the reason for that was the EOL renewables that needed to be reinstalled.
    • realusername 3y ago
      I didn't say that they have come nowhere, just that they'll have to do it all over again by 2050 which is often forgotten.
      • pydry 3y ago
        The projected lifetime of these assets is baked into the LCOE and the LCOE is still 5x lower. Theres also very little risk to continuing to run solar panels or wind turbines past their projected lifespans whereas if you do that with a nuclear plant the risks of disaster start increasing exponentially. Germany will probably find that a lot of their green energy built today will last a lot longer than projected and this will reduce their electricity prices.
        • realusername 3y ago
          That debate is moot, the renewables cant sustain the load by itself unlike nuclear anyways. So you need both, you need to replace them as they break down every year AND build additional backups, in case of Germany they chose gas and coal.