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by power_rated 12y ago
Even with Subsidies and everything taken out, Wind and solar Power are now cheaper in Germany than other forms of energy.
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by power_rated 12y ago
There is also demand side management, where you power a system on and of based on the availablity of energy. Cooling Houses are an example of that.
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by power_rated 12y ago
Solar and wind energy are perfectly predictable: www.energymeteo.com There are fluktuations every day due to the differend demand and loads in any case. Thats why you link many sources together in a Virtual Power Plant. Works quite well. Th
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by power_rated 12y ago
or just the wind blown in another direction, so that the fallout happend over the Japanese homeland and not the sea.
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by power_rated 12y ago
No it is not. Reasonable accessible wind, solar, tidal an geothermal power is many times the global requirements.
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by power_rated 12y ago
Yeah, well they don't get massive government subsidies.
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by power_rated 12y ago
Being forced to have a technology that destroys your neighbourhood for nearly eternity if it blows in your backyard is a social problem.
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by power_rated 12y ago
Solar, Wind and Demand side management work in tandem, really.
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by power_rated 12y ago
Anything that is that heavily subsidized with tax money is cheaper than Solar and Wind. We see sinking Energy prices since the Energiewende at the european energy exchange and other trade platforms. The difference just does not reach the co
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by power_rated 12y ago
Nonsense. The prices at the energy exchanges for energy have been fallen while the prices for consumers have risen. The divident goes to the companies and the Energiewende is blamed as the reason for the higher prices. It is a shame, really