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Somehow ironic that Germany stopped their own nuclear plant to buy energy to France (mostly nuclear)

by debrice 12y ago

chestnut-tree 12y ago
Also interesting to note is that the UK and Germany top a list of the EU’s most polluting coal-fired power stations. These were the findings from a recent report by environmental campaigners. The report called "Europe’s dirty 30" looks at CO2 emissions from coal power plants in the EU. From the report: "Germany and the UK are the self-declared climate champions of the EU. However, Germany uses more coal to generate electricity than any other EU country, while the UK comes third in absolute coal consumption for power after Poland;" Here's the 10 most co2-polluting thermal power plants in the EU according to the report 1. Bełchatów, Poland 2. Neurath, Germany 3. Niederaussem, Germany 4. Jänschwalde, Germany 5. Boxberg, Germany 6. Drax, United Kingdom 7. Weisweiler, Germany 8. Agios Dimitrios, Greece 9. Brindisi Sud, Italy 10. Lippendorf, Germany The full ranking of 30 power plants is in the following report (3.1 mb) http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/dirty_30_report_finale.pdf http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/dirty_30_report_finale.... Or you can read the summary from this Guardian report http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/22/germany-uk-poland-top-dirty-30-list-eu-coal-fired-power-stations http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/22/germany-u...
- jahewson 12y ago
  I'm not sure I understand what the point of that list is, Drax is the UK's largest coal-fired power station, of course it emits the most CO2! Were it replaced by two power stations of exactly half the capacity it wouldn't be in the list anymore, yet the end result would be the same.
lotsofmangos 12y ago
If you look at the French data, there is a lot of solar in the mix there.
welterde 12y ago
Electricity exports from Germany are on an all-time high though.
philjohn 12y ago
Ironic, or just a sad indictment of populist policies when it comes to energy supply overruling the glaringly obvious :|

Somehow ironic that Germany stopped their own nuclear plant to buy energy to France (mostly nuclear)

by debrice 12y ago

Somehow ironic that Germany stopped their own nuclear plant to buy energy to France (mostly nuclear)

Also interesting to note is that the UK and Germany top a list of the EU’s most polluting coal-fired power stations. These were the findings from a recent report by environmental campaigners. The report called "Europe’s dirty 30" looks at CO2 emissions from coal power plants in the EU. From the report: "Germany and the UK are the self-declared climate champions of the EU. However, Germany uses more coal to generate electricity than any other EU country, while the UK comes third in absolute coal consumption for power after Poland;" Here's the 10 most co2-polluting thermal power plants in the EU according to the report 1. Bełchatów, Poland 2. Neurath, Germany 3. Niederaussem, Germany 4. Jänschwalde, Germany 5. Boxberg, Germany 6. Drax, United Kingdom 7. Weisweiler, Germany 8. Agios Dimitrios, Greece 9. Brindisi Sud, Italy 10. Lippendorf, Germany The full ranking of 30 power plants is in the following report (3.1 mb) http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/dirty_30_report_finale.pdf http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/dirty_30_report_finale.... Or you can read the summary from this Guardian report http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/22/germany-uk-poland-top-dirty-30-list-eu-coal-fired-power-stations http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/22/germany-u...

jahewson 12y ago
I'm not sure I understand what the point of that list is, Drax is the UK's largest coal-fired power station, of course it emits the most CO2! Were it replaced by two power stations of exactly half the capacity it wouldn't be in the list anymore, yet the end result would be the same.

lotsofmangos 12y ago

If you look at the French data, there is a lot of solar in the mix there.

welterde 12y ago

Electricity exports from Germany are on an all-time high though.

philjohn 12y ago

Ironic, or just a sad indictment of populist policies when it comes to energy supply overruling the glaringly obvious :|