#Energiewende be like:
— Mom, why is school and trains not working?
— It's the weather to blame!
> In the first half of 2021, coal shot up as the biggest contributor to Germany's electric grid, while wind power dropped to its lowest level since 2018. Officials say the weather is partly to blame.
https://m.dw.com/en/germany-coal-tops-wind-as-primary-electricity-source/a-59168105
They won't stop working - this is precisely why Germany has been continuously increasing its fossil gas import capabilities.
German politicians *do* realize the country can't run on renewables alone, *and* because the vocal minority wants nuclear shut down, the country *must* run on fossil fuels. This is literally what Merkel said in 2019 (see below).
quitting nuclear power is in germany a majority
one of the german statistics is from (https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/196207/umfrage/meinung-zum-gebrauch-von-atomenergie-in-deutschland/)
it shows 5% are absolutly pro nuclear power, 16% more in favour, 36% more against and 40% strictly against. 3% have no opinion
stopping nuclear is politcally the popular move
it is problematic though to botcher nuclear power, wind energy and solar energy. the county can be run very well on renewable energy. solar energy
as a matter of fact solar energy is the cheapest energy to produce. though corrupt politicians did botcher it.
the colorful statistic shows cost to produce 1 kwh in cents
yellow is solar, dark blue is water, wind is light blue gray, green biogas, orange is nucular, brown coal brown, coal black and the last weird red/wine/whatever color is gas. solar is in 3 categoroes. small roofs, big roofs and not on the roof. so even putting solar energy on big roofs is cheaper than gas. but many politicians got bought by big coal and gas companies. well thats why they probably will not get reelected now
Germany already has 60% wind and solar installed power.
Installed - is the key word here. It means that under ideal ideal circumstances, 60% of the electricity in Germany would come from wind and solar. The reality is however, that for wind these circumstances happen around 13% of the time on average, for wind - ~30%.
So on a day such as 13 September, you could have 2x or 5x more wind *installed* but you won't get more electricity. Which is why Germany ran on coal that day.
