• Glowing Lantern@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Also, the percentage of renewable energy increased, even after the shut down. So, the extra capacity isn’t even from fossil fuels.

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      1 year ago

      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)