A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022)

Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by fransje26 on Friday November 29, 2024 @06:15AM (#42273027)

Ah, the well loved trick of playing with statistics to make something look good.

The current carbon intensity per KWh in Germany is 526g, vs 50g for France.

The average yearly carbon intensity per KWh in Germany, is 354g.

So, either the rest 40% of domestically generated power are hyper-polluting, or the other statistics don't hold up.

Either way, with such a high carbon intensity, there is nothing to brag about.

And that's before entering the discussion about how the repercussions of the poor long-term German energy plan is currently killing their economy, and, indirectly, their social fabric.

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Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by Aachen on Friday November 29, 2024 @07:32AM (#42273399)

Where do you find the current value? Since it's rather different from the yearly average, it sounds like it's (close to) live and I've been looking for live production stats (more granular than "what was it yesterday") but couldn't find it

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Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by preisschild on Friday November 29, 2024 @08:59AM (#42273897)

https://app.electricitymaps.com/

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Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by fransje26 on Friday November 29, 2024 @01:48PM (#42276047)

Ah, and let's not forget the "issue" of zero solar & wind days, as happened at the beginning of the month, with 20 GW missing..

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Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by natmaka on Saturday November 30, 2024 @12:07AM (#42279634)

We know how to solve this ( https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/180592/european-cooperation-... ), and the corresponding continental fleet of renewables is a work in progress.

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