Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants

Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by ZeroGravitas on Friday December 31, 2021 @04:01PM (#29752480)

By "primary" you mean they used 27% over a 6 month period, compared with 21% the 6 months a year earlier. Switching back into first after a good spell for wind had it briefly in the lead.

Why does that mean they can't switch it off?

The UK had 30% Coal in 2014 when they announced they would phase it out and did so slightly ahead of schedule.

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by tjansen on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:21PM (#29753109)

27% is a misleading number because it is the average for the whole period. On some days, wind and solar can provide 100% of all electricity. But on windstill nights, it is closer to 0%. Without having a way to store a whole nation's energy needs for several days or even weeks, you still need fossil fuels (or nuclear).

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by jhgb on Saturday January 01, 2022 @08:42AM (#29758187)

> Without having a way to store a whole nation's energy needs for several days or even weeks

That requirement makes no sense, though. Do you foresee a massive volcanic eruption that there will be darkness for several weeks? Because it's sort of fact of life that the sun always rises tomorrow. Therefore asking for 100% of storage for weeks never made any sense.

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