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Germany now finds itself in the dead of winter. Germanys misfortune is a shining example of the hopeless failure of wind and solar.
As climate change impacts the planet and the price of clean energy from solar power and wind farms continue to fall renewables are a growing influence in Germany and many other countries.
Germany solar energy problems. Germany now finds itself in the dead of winter. Much of the country has seen considerable snowfall meaning solar panels are often covered by snow and thus rendered useless. Even without snow cover the weeks-long overcast sky prevents any noteworthy solar power generation.
Look to Germany to see why wind and solar power wont replace oil for decades to come. A Sun-Times editorial is wrong in arguing that renewable energy. And if biomass burning often dirtier than coal is excluded wind water and solar electricity in Germany accounted for just 27 of electricity generation in 2018.
But McKinsey issues its. Germany has a reputation for being a renewable energy leader - but some believe that the nations long still and dim winters threaten such green aspirations. Another problem with this weekends coming storm in addition to high winds and ice is the fact that Germanys power grid is more unstable than ever thanks to the wildly fluctuating supply from wind and solar energy.
Also a number of baseload-providing nuclear and coal power plants have been taken out of service thus further destabilizing the countrys and continents power grid. Then providing no government intervention laissez-faire can do its job and solar as an energy source will reign supreme. And herein lies the first big problem with solar energy.
It is far more expensive than coal gas and oil and has only survived thus far propped up by subsidies from tree-huggers. Or so weve been told. According to official calculations close to 3700 miles of new power lines are required to make Germanys Energiewende or energy revolution work.
By the end of. For Germany 2020 was a banner year in the production of renewable energy. Clean energy sourceswind farms and solar arrays as well as.
ABC NEWS Germany is held up as the worlds solar and wind capital by renewables luvvies but Germans are freezing through winter due to millions of. Their European neighbor countries have tired of Germanys excess electricity being dumped on their systems. Germanys misfortune is a shining example of the hopeless failure of wind and solar.
Shale gas now and small scale modular nuclear phased in over the next 30 or so years. Solar power in Germany has gone through turbulent times since it got off to a flying start in the wake of Germanys Renewable Energy Act in the year 2000. German companies quickly ascended to global leadership in solar power technology before a collapse after 2012 forced many of them to drop out of business.
However far from being a sun-drenched country Germany has one of the highest solar. Germanys wind and solar experiment has failed. The so-called Energiewende energy transition has turned into an insanely costly debacle.
German power prices have rocketed. Blackouts and load shedding are the norm. And idyllic rural communities are now industrial wastelands see above.
Demand for renewables grew so much in Germany that other countries including China started to mass-produce solar panels and wind turbines. Although Germany is generating record amounts of clean energy in the north its grid is too weak to transport all the power down to load centers in the. As climate change impacts the planet and the price of clean energy from solar power and wind farms continue to fall renewables are a growing influence in Germany and many other countries.
Renewables share of German energy mix 2010-2018.