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Re:Norwegian Shipbuilders Turning to Battery Power by Robotbeat on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @05:44PM (#16588583)
In 2016, Germany produced about 560g of CO2 per kWh of electricity: http://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2017/2/11/german-e...

By my calculations [1,2,3], the US produced approximately 450g of CO2 per kWh in 2016.

And note that the difference is due almost entirely because the US still gets ~19% of its electricity from nuclear power but Germany does not (450g/(1-.19) = ~560). For all of Germany's effort in renewables at great cost, all it has done (besides helping to fund the technology, which is useful) is compensate for the retirement of nuclear in Germany.

[1] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.ph...

[2] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_a_03.html

[3] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_08_01.html

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