AthenaToday, Thursday, Germany will get 99% of its power from solar and wind.
Steve BBe careful, and get prepared.
End of last week Spain did much the same, then we had the #spainblackout!
Today, Thursday, Germany will get 99% of its power from solar and wind.
Be careful, and get prepared.
End of last week Spain did much the same, then we had the #spainblackout!
Today, Thursday, Germany will get 99% of its power from solar and wind.
We already had several days in April at 100%.
@Climatehistories Great News. But I miss in the article the info that today is a public holiday here, which drives the demand down. So not only the weather is a factor to reach the 99%.
Edit: There is mention of it
> A slump in demand due to the public holiday is coinciding with a surge in solar generation and the region’s first mini-heat wave.
I probably over read it. Sorry.
Still, this is great news.
@nicht_bei_social_media it's in the article:
> A slump in demand due to the public holiday is coinciding with a surge in solar generation and the region’s first mini-heat wave.
Not there yet but getting closer #entso #energy #germany #statistics
Large scale battery storage facilities apparently are booming in Germany.
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/energie/boom-batteriespeicher-deutschland-energiewende-100.html
https://www.mdr.de/wissen/umwelt-klima/batteriespeicher-revolution-voraus-energiewende-100.html
For future large scale storage salt caverns seem to present great opportunities. There are lots of them in Northern Germany where also most of the wind energy is produced.
Basically Wind combined with pv is almost perfect since they are complimentary in profile. Nevertheless both are volatile and need either batteries or hydro pump to store over night and in times where there is limits.
Water by the river is almost like atomic plants and runs very consistently.
So all 5 combined intelligently can solve the problem but are hard to achieve in large scales.
@mihamarkic @lorenz @Climatehistories
Yes and no
Germany nowadays has around 114 Gwh capacity in battery nowadays. Also pump hydro is expanding largely and currently is at 40gwh
So we can survive about 3 hours without any renewable theoretically
@eingfoan @mihamarkic @lorenz @Climatehistories
Interconnecting grids with HV DC transmitting lines can reduce the requirement for more localized storage. Such cable can run 1000s of km and could for example provide offshore wind energy from Newfoundland to Los Angeles.
That said the battery storage technology is improving faster than PV and we will see much more of it in the years to come.
@Climatehistories it's Labour Day for a large part of the world. For some it's a national holiday, while for others it's dependent on what's been agreed upon by different parties.
It's great, but not really a surprise that the demand for electricity is low today in Germany, and that the energy generated from wind and solar energy can cover the demand.
@wa_schaly If you want to check the electricity production and carbon emissions in your country (Europe mainly) check the link 👇
The one in use is for Germany
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE/72h/hourly/2025-05-01T10:00:00.000Z
@wa_schaly @Climatehistories Gefunden unter FAQs auf der ursprünglich verlinkten Webseite. Bzgl. Quellen:
https://ww2.electricitymaps.com/methodology#data-sources
Ich habe weiter durchgeklickt und zu Solar/Australien wird hierauf verwiesen:
When Germany shut its dangerous nuclear plants they all shouted it would mean more coal.
We need to stand and applaud Germany's accomplishment, Germany's responsiveness to the demands of its people.
This is real. This is progress, this is what's needed. It can be done. It can be done under HARD circumstances.
Humans are on the brink of civilisation.
That's why billionaires are trying to steal it. We built the world with our parents.
Don't let them.
@carbsrule_en @Climatehistories
Build the new energy, don't be DISTRACTED. Build wind, build solar, built smart grids, build batteries.
Putin wants you to build nuke plants, next to wide roads for his tanks.
A dollar spent on wind prevents 30 dollars spent on nukes.
Just to be clear, I was praising democracy as much as technological brilliance and Getting Shit Done.
Germans said "turn rhe nukes off" and no matter your bias promoting the Failed God, democracy matters, they turned them off.
They made the right choice, for a dozen reasons, AND the government did what Germans wanted.
Stand and applaud. One action, a thousand laurels.
Germany powered by 99% New Energy first time today.
Democracy. It works, its the only option. Self government, shall not perish.
I don't understand.
Most Germans wanted nukes closed, they were closed. A minority opposed it.
Europe didn't close them.
Nukes are dangerous and expensive, so they are dumb.
@kevinrns @carbsrule_en
I totally agree with you.
But there a rightwing populists who think they can tickle fears of blackouts. Some call to "tear down the ugly windplants". It's so stupid.
I only wanted to add there are these dinosaur voices too and now there building the new government. 😖
Be careful, and get prepared.
End of last week Spain did much the same, then we had the #spainblackout!
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