https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF9kkB0UWYQ
When I still worked in #science in 2016/17 and was invited as a speaker to a #IEEE conference about #NDT the number one topic people ask me was "is germany really backing out of nuclear energy?".
This video shows the #problems caused by this decision (or maybe more because of the execution of it) and what other problems #Germany would need to face today if we would have stayed to #nuclear like #France.
#engineering #renewables #windenergy #nuclearenergy #atomkraft
To be fair, power consumption in Germany has been down since April too. So the renewable percentage increased but absolute numbers were similar/lower. There are a number of explanations, and they probably all apply to some degree, mostly:
summer holidays
increased on-site energy generation which is not counted
corporations are leaving Germany for China/the US/wherever (the favorite theory of the political right)
Also, the percentage of renewable energy increased, even after the shut down. So, the extra capacity isn’t even from fossil fuels.
To be fair, power consumption in Germany has been down since April too. So the renewable percentage increased but absolute numbers were similar/lower. There are a number of explanations, and they probably all apply to some degree, mostly: