>Unlike, say, Spain, the German climate is not especially well suited to solar power. It's too far north, as a country, and climatically, Germany has a lot of c

>Unlike, say, Spain, the German climate is not especially well suited to solar power. It's too far north, as a country, and climatically, Germany has a lot of cloudy days, which means that solar panels are not really running at peak efficiency most of the time. Germany would be much better served by wind power, because of its advantageous position on the North European Plain. Wind power requires more territory per watt than solar and German population is dense just enough that wind power is on the edge of pay-off. Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_renewables.html http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_ren...