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Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by cbmuser on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:33AM (#38304955)
Germany had to return 19 coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 7.3 GW to the electricity market simply because neither wind nor solar provide dispatchable power and hence can never replace conventional power plants. They just help saving fuel.

https://www.smard.de/home/rueckkehr-von-kohlekraftwerken-an-...

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Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by olddustytrail on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:57AM (#38305309)
No, they brought them in because of the issue of gas supplies after Russia invaded Ukraine. Didn't you hear about this? It was in the news...
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Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by Marvin_Martian on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:10AM (#38305496)
Germany was facing the cutoff from russian gas, which had provided more than half of its gas imports, and was also in the process of shutting down its last nuclear reactors.

To suggest that the return of those coal power plants was due to renewables underdelivering, seems to be misleading at best.

Personally, that whole fiasco served as a reminder of the dangers of fossil fuel imports from undemocratic states.

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Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by nixass on Saturday November 18, 2023 @04:37AM (#38317425)
> To suggest that the return of those coal power plants was due to renewables underdelivering, seems to be misleading at best

If that money was invested into nuclear power plants and not into failed Energirwende then there would be no need for that and no fear of Russian cut offs

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