Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over the next nineteen years

Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by louwrentius on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:09AM (#20712582)

Renewable is not stable, what do they add to offset this risk, gas powered plants?

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Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by avip on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:17AM (#20712630)

EU grids are interconnected. They will buy electricity from neighbors.

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Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by realusername on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:37AM (#20712698)

The neighbors generally have very similar wind/solar patterns so that's not going to help much. Currently when that happens, they just buy electricity from France at a high price like the other neighbors.

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