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Germany had to return 19 coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 7.3 GW to the electricity market simply because neither wind nor solar provide dispatc
by cbmuser 3y ago
Germany had to return 19 coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 7.3 GW to the electricity market simply because neither wind nor solar provide dispatchable power and hence can never replace conventional power plants. They just help saving fuel.
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- olddustytrail 3y agoNo, they brought them in because of the issue of gas supplies after Russia invaded Ukraine. Didn't you hear about this? It was in the news...
- Marvin_Martian 3y agoGermany was facing the cutoff from russian gas, which had provided more than half of its gas imports, and was also in the process of shutting down its last nuclear reactors. To suggest that the return of those coal power plants was due to renewables underdelivering, seems to be misleading at best. Personally, that whole fiasco served as a reminder of the dangers of fossil fuel imports from undemocratic states.
- nixass 3y ago> To suggest that the return of those coal power plants was due to renewables underdelivering, seems to be misleading at best If that money was invested into nuclear power plants and not into failed Energirwende then there would be no need for that and no fear of Russian cut offs