Claes de Vreese ☑️And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
Source: https://dr.dk
Marvin R@claesdevreese is the framing here a little odd? I only read the auto-translation, why do they treat hydro-electric and other renewables differently?
Sounds like the big milestone might be 2026 if 50% EU wide electricity comes from renewable sources(currently 49%)
Ariaflame@marv51 @claesdevreese Possibly because some of the hydro is storage, so the water pumped up to the upper reservoir is powered by energy from sources including fossil fuels.
@ariaflame @claesdevreese I see around 10% of hydro might be from pump storage.
Wouldn't logically almost all the energy stored in a pump storage come from wind and solar?
Wouldn't logically almost all the energy stored in a pump storage come from wind and solar?
Wulfy—Speaker to the machines@marv51 @ariaflame @claesdevreese
IMHO Pump storage is not green.
It's claimed it is, but you could by using brown coal offpeak to push the water uphill.
It's purely an economic gimmick.