All new cars sold in Europe must be emission-free from 2035

Re:All new cars sold in Europe must be emission-free from 2035 by eis on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @05:38AM (#33418908)

While coal was a major part of the electricity generation in Germany, it has been declining rapidly in recent years and is being phased out completely before 2038 which is roughly in line with the switch to EVs.

In the meantime renewables, especially wind have been growing rapidly and have accounted for more than 50% of all electricity generation in 2020. In 2021 Wind alone was nearly a quarter of the whole electricity production.

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Re:All new cars sold in Europe must be emission-free from 2035 by lnsru on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @05:44AM (#33418945)

Cool, but is there a way to store electricity generated by renewables? I have no interest in candle light dinner on dark winter day without much wind.

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Re:All new cars sold in Europe must be emission-free from 2035 by eis on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @05:58AM (#33419053)

Of course there is. Hydro storage is probably the biggest one that has been in use for decades. You pump water up a mountain during over supply and then let it run down through turbines during times where there is no wind/solar etc.

There are plenty other methods to store energy but most involve gravity. Batteries can be used for small scale rapid reactions to changes in demand or production. Actually fully switching to EVs as a side effect can create a distributed system of energy storage.

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Re:All new cars sold in Europe must be emission-free from 2035 by tmtvl on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @07:20AM (#33419670)

Battery storage seems to be working for Australia (https://www.energy-storage.news/australia-surpassed-1gwh-of-...).

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