Jan Wildeboer 😷Apr 15, 2023
It's done. #Germany is no longer producing electricity with nuclear power plants.
Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷Apr 15, 2023

And FTR: compared to 2021 we continue to reduce conventional electricity production in 2022 in Germany.

Renewables now account for 46,3% of electricity production in 2022, compared to 42,3% in 2021.

It could and should go a lot faster, but the switch is happening.

Source: https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Branchen-Unternehmen/Energie/Erzeugung/_inhalt.html

Energieerzeugung

Anteil der fossilen und erneuerbaren Energien im Energiemix Deutschlands und weitere Statistiken zum Thema Energieerzeugung.

Statistisches Bundesamt
Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷Apr 16, 2023
And nuclear is just not competitive anymore. Fossil fuels are also not the future. The market will decide ;)
CypherfoxApr 16, 2023
Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷
TIL: Solar combined with storage capacity, wind combined with storage capacity on utility scale, *unsubsidised*, are now cheaper than nuclear. Source: https://www.lazard.com/media/nltb551p/lazards-lcoeplus-april-2023.pdf
Apr 16, 2023 at 9:35amWeb
Show threadLeonardo Di OttioApr 16, 2023

@jwildeboer Yes, it’s been that way for a while now. The key to renewable energy is that the fuel is free.

That makes it hard to compete with, particularly for nuclear where the costs increase after each major accident. Chernobyl made nuclear a lot more expensive, as did Fukushima.

For me, the biggest issue with Nuclear is not the risk, or even waste, but its increasingly poor economics. It’s why even France, the world leader in nuclear, is building wind farms like crazy.

Show threadMarcin Juszkiewicz 🙃Apr 16, 2023

@jwildeboer which storage technologies are used?

The problem with renewable energy is a storage. Or that what is most often heard.

Nuclear, coal, gas power plants provide electricity as long as fuel is provided. Wind, solar as long as there is wind or sun.