Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy reform in decades”

Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by bally0241 on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @11:04AM (#30932825)

Yeah, its pretty unrealistic to imagine any zero-Carbon approach which excludes nuclear. But the greens would rather cover their eye/hears about that, and imagine that it can all be done with wind and solar (in northern europe of all places).

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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by lazide on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @11:17AM (#30933016)

It’s certainly possible, just very very expensive due to capacity factors and storage. Like ‘multiples of GDP’ expensive depending on the napkin math used.

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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by yonaguska on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @01:01PM (#30934709)

Is the carbon footprint being taken into account regarding batteries, windmill blades, and solar panels? These are all very expensive consumables, with no good way to reuse or recycle. Specifically the windmill blades and solar panels.

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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by adrianN on Thursday April 07, 2022 @12:49AM (#30940717)

How does nuclear help with heating homes? The last time I checked we put nuclear plants far away from people, not use them for district heating.

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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by bally0241 on Friday April 08, 2022 @06:36PM (#30963348)

Ever hear of electric heating? How on earth would you expect solar or wind to be used for heating. It's far from the cheapest option currently, but you're not getting rid of fossil fuels without electric heat.

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Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref... by imtringued on Thursday April 07, 2022 @05:06AM (#30942255)

Northern Europe has a lot of offshore wind capacity.

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