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Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024 energy mix, with solar contributing 14% (www.pv-magazine.com)
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[–] someguy3 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Remember Berlin has a latitude of 52.5°. That puts it far north of the 49th parallel border.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My friend is dumb and doesn’t know the significance of the 49th parallel. Can you explain it to them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

US/Canadian border from roughly Vancouver to Winnipeg. Berlin is further north than Saskatoon, Karlsruhe is on the 49th parallel. The lot of mainland Europe is north of Albuquerque. In fact much of Tunesia is north of Albuquerque. Miami is on about the same parallel as Bahrain, Orlando on the same as New Delhi.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

True, but climate in Central Europe is different to the US-Canada border.

[–] someguy3 6 points 5 days ago

I'm thinking solar is hard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah, you get even more clouds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, but Munich is south of the 49th parallel. I'm not sure how amenable it is to solar down there, but surely there are some areas that would work, no?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

If baveria wasn't one of the worst NIMBY hell holes in the (known by me) world.