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Re:Estonia, allies to trigger NATO Article 4 by masklinn on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:32AM (#30453547)
For an other example, nat gas accounts for 13% of germany’s electric production (out of about 600TWh). In accounts for nearly 25% of the primary energy mix (out of about 3700TWh).

Even assuming all the gas plants are simple cycle peaking plants with horrid efficiency (say 20% which is extremely low even for peaking plants), electricity still would account for about 40% of germany’s nat gas consumption.

In reality, much as in france, the vast majority (~75%) of nat gas goes to heating.

Re:Estonia, allies to trigger NATO Article 4 by cm2187 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:51AM (#30453685)
I think in this case the yearly average load might be misleading. On low wind times the reliance on gas can be much higher.
Re:Estonia, allies to trigger NATO Article 4 by masklinn on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:56AM (#30453719)
These are yearly totals, the variations are limited, and more importantly irrelevant to the point.