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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by _ph_ on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @07:34AM (#35712075)
Somewhat less coal. We are talking about 3 GW less nuclear in a Grid which draws like 50. And yes, that were only the last nuclear reactors. But a lot of them would have had to be decommissioned anyway and there are still the problems of cost, especially of the nuclear waste etc. A large part of these 3 GW will be replaced even in 2023 and that will continue through the years. The current plans aim for 80 renewables in 2030.
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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by illiarian on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @07:39AM (#35712104)
> We are talking about 3 GW less nuclear in a Grid which draws like 50.

6%

> A large part of these 3 GW will be replaced even in 2023

0% of solar generation and 5% of wind generation will be replaced with what exactly?

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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by illiarian on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @08:01AM (#35712328)
I forgot to mention in the sibling comment:

> in a Grid which draws like 50.

Installed wind capacity in Germany is 65GW. Seems to be much higher than what grid demands.

And yet, on April 15th it was producing only 5% of that. And solar was producing zero.

Guess where the power to cover that came from?

Even today on a reasonably windy day (at least in Hamburg where I am right now) wind production is at 20% capacity, solar at 36 capacity.

Busy burning coal for 21% of electricity even on a windy day.

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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by Schroedingersat on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @09:55PM (#35722324)
You sure are fixated on nameplate numbers for those renewables that replaced all of the nuclear fleet and a third of the coal fleet already.
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