VP of Power & Infrastructure at Roxtec USA | MBA, M.Sc. Energy Management | Adjunct Professor of Energy and Sustainability at UTD | 20+ Years’ Experience
Interesting to see Germany's electricity generation per energy source. Even more interesting is the strong coal footprint on their matrix and how that might affect their overall GHG emissions. The offset might be enough to net carbon zero with the existing Hydro, Wind, and Solar sources, but we must look into the data more closely. Do you think that Germany made a mistake in pulling the plug on Nuclear?
Look at where electricity is generated in Germany. This is my first contribution to the #30daymapchallenge with the theme points. Here, the points show the location of electricity generation plants in Germany, with the size of the points reflecting capacity. Obviously, batteries don't generate electricity, but they will become an important component of future energy systems, helping buffer intermittent solar and wind energy sources. According to the Statistical Review of World Energy, Germany had 1.7 GW of installed grid-scale battery storage systems, more than any other country in continental Europe but much less than the U.K. (3.6 GW), the U.S. (15.8 GW), and China (27.1 GW). Map data come from OpenStreetMap.
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1moAs is well known, shutting down Germany's nuclear fleet led to replacement by coal, dramatically Increasing Germany's CO2 emissions. This is one of many examples of how some well-meaning environmentalists--either overly idealistic, or with little understanding of math or energy, or all of the above--subvert their own goals. (Sigh)