Well, 2050 is a long way off. It's a lofty ambition but not impossible.
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Germans want to power themselves TOTALLY with wind/solar ...
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They'll need a lot of extra room to fit the required number of turbines and solar panels.
Perhaps they'll ask to borrow Poland again.Comment
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The target is for all renewables, not just wind/solar. There's a lot of biomass in the mix and I think solar is on average pretty puny. I think renewables are at around about 20% now, on track for 35% by 2020. The increase of the EEG-Umlage to 5.8 cents per KWh compares with a reduction in price to industrial users from 94.6 Euros per KWh in 2007 to 86.0 Euros this year. And this 'industry killer' employs 400K people.
The wholesale price of natural gas can vary by several hundred percent over a few years. Looks like by 2050, Germany will be protected from the fluctuations of the oil and gas markets, the sector will probably employ say half a million people and she will be a world leader in emissions reduction.My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostWell, 2050 is a long way off. It's a lofty ambition but not impossible.
But it seems a long shot.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View Postshe will be a world leader in emissions reduction.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostWell, 2050 is a long way off. It's a lofty ambition but not impossible.Originally posted by pjclarke View PostThe target is for all renewables, not just wind/solar. There's a lot of biomass in the mix and I think solar is on average pretty puny. I think renewables are at around about 20% now, on track for 35% by 2020. The increase of the EEG-Umlage to 5.8 cents per KWh compares with a reduction in price to industrial users from 94.6 Euros per KWh in 2007 to 86.0 Euros this year. And this 'industry killer' employs 400K people.
The wholesale price of natural gas can vary by several hundred percent over a few years. Looks like by 2050, Germany will be protected from the fluctuations of the oil and gas markets, the sector will probably employ say half a million people and she will be a world leader in emissions reduction.
But no one seems to have sat down and thought about whether it's possible to do this for 100% of a heavily industrialised country's needs.
Yes to a certain extent they've protected industry by stinging consumers like Lord Haw Haw (still makes me chuckle his thinking his bill is low ), but I think they're coming to the limit of this already.
My mate in Berlin tells me "energy poverty" cases, people who can't pay their bills, are rising dramatically.
And I talked to a businessman the other day from North-rhine Westphalia who claimed his bills have risen in the last 2 years - not sure how they're subsidising small businesses in that case - I think each region has a different policy, so its all a bit of a mess.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostThe target is for all renewables, not just wind/solar. There's a lot of biomass in the mix and I think solar is on average pretty puny. I think renewables are at around about 20% now, on track for 35% by 2020. The increase of the EEG-Umlage to 5.8 cents per KWh compares with a reduction in price to industrial users from 94.6 Euros per KWh in 2007 to 86.0 Euros this year. And this 'industry killer' employs 400K people.
The wholesale price of natural gas can vary by several hundred percent over a few years. Looks like by 2050, Germany will be protected from the fluctuations of the oil and gas markets, the sector will probably employ say half a million people and she will be a world leader in emissions reduction.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by sasguru View Post... by 2050.
As a result Lord Haw-Haw pays Euro 310 a quarter leccy bill for his tiny one-bed flat."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostIt's a very simple things to achieve as long as you don't mind power cuts.
Unlike the UK most German supplies are underground, not ugly pylons littering the landscape."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostThe increase of the EEG-Umlage to 5.8 cents per KWh compares with a reduction in price to industrial users from 94.6 Euros per KWh in 2007 to 86.0 Euros this year.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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