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Growth in german wind capacity is slowing. Soo... then the plan is to keep on with lignite and gas? Am I missing something?

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[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, because wind and solar are totally immune to the climate.

Getting enough wind and solar to supply the electric consumption is a roll of dice EVERY DAY.

I'm not saying that drought and heatwave don't have a negative impact on nuclear but it would be dishonest to say that runs and solar are a more reliable solution in this regard.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So you think the weather is always the same in all of Europe? Because it doesn't matter, if it is cloudy or snowy in one part of the continent, if other regions have sunshine and wind at the same time. On such a scale, wheatger is not that much of a deal. Especially if you have storage mediums and other sources like gas.