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Germany solar power output jumps to record highs

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Re: Germany solar power output jumps to record highs

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The same is happening in The Netherlands as well: https://ned.nl/nl/dataportaal/energie-productie/elektricitei...

For April: https://ned.nl/nl/dataportaal/energie-productie/elektricitei... Solar was 27% of total energy production, and wind was 37%, which when you consider nights, means that you _must_ have peaks well over 50%.

Today, at midday, solar is 69% of total production.

Re: Germany solar power output jumps to record highs

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It's currently 13:20 and sunny, Germany is at 183g/gCO2eq, not good.

But on the right track.

We're building the solar equivalent of the total cumulative nuclear capacity germany has ever build every 3 years.

If we manage to hold off regressive forces that are trying to derail the current trajectory with whataboutism of nuclear and fusion, we might actually make it to CO2 neutrality in a reasonable timeframe.

Re: Germany solar power output jumps to record highs

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The same is happening in The Netherlands as well: https://ned.nl/nl/dataportaal/energie-productie/elektricitei... For April: https://ned.nl/nl/dataportaal/energie-productie/elektricitei... Solar was 27% of total energy production, and wind was 37%, which when you consider nights, means that you _must_ have peaks well over 50%. Today, at midday, solar is 69% of total production.

nice

Re: Germany solar power output jumps to record highs

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post #15
post #6

It's currently 13:20 and sunny, Germany is at 183g/gCO2eq, not good.

But on the right track. We're building the solar equivalent of the total cumulative nuclear capacity germany has ever build every 3 years. If we manage to hold off regressive forces that are trying to derail the current trajectory with whataboutism of nuclear and fusion, we might actually make it to CO2 neutrality in a reasonable timeframe.

Shutting off nuclear power while commissioning new coal and gas plants is anything but being on the right track.

Re: Germany solar power output jumps to record highs

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When I see these charts I definitely don’t want to be that sweating guy in grid operator’s control room desperately trying to turn off some solar parks to stabilize the grid. Solar generation goes from nothing at night to 80+% during daytime. Ouch.

It doesn't seem to be that badly aligned with the consumption (green line in the linked chart). https://www.energieheld.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/e...

Re: Germany solar power output jumps to record highs

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post #15
post #6

It's currently 13:20 and sunny, Germany is at 183g/gCO2eq, not good.

But on the right track. We're building the solar equivalent of the total cumulative nuclear capacity germany has ever build every 3 years. If we manage to hold off regressive forces that are trying to derail the current trajectory with whataboutism of nuclear and fusion, we might actually make it to CO2 neutrality in a reasonable timeframe.

Your solar doesn't work well in winter, and in night. At this point it's more important to build energy storage to drive down the CO2.

> If we manage to hold off regressive forces that are trying to derail the current trajectory with whataboutism of nuclear

Nuclear already reached the target. It's not some "whataboutism".

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