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The goal is to get rid of coal around 3034-3038, and the goal seems very achievable given recent trends: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/spelling-o

• toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Indeed, as long as they keep deploying clean energy, storage, and larger interconnects with neighboring grids, I think these targets are actually far too conservative; Germany could be done with coal by 2030 [1]. Tangentially, the world will be deploying ~660GW of solar per year by the end of this year (2024), and is on track to achieve a 1TW/year deployment rate within 18 months [2] [3]. Good trajectories, just need storage and transmission to pick up the pace. [1] https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE?wind=false&solar=false https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE?wind=false&solar=fal... ("ElectricityMaps: Germany") [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40727619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40727619 (citations) [3] https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/06/20/the-exponential-growth-of-solar-power-will-change-the-world https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/06/20/the-exponential... | https://archive.ph/JuoYa https://archive.ph/JuoYa ("The Economist: The exponential growth of solar power will change the world")