Comment Comment by illiarian I forgot to mention in the sibling comment:> in a Grid which draws like 50.Installed wind capacity in Germany is 65GW. Seems to be much higher than what grid demands.And yet, on April 15th it was producing only 5% of that. And solar was producing zero.Guess where the power to cover that came from?Even today on a reasonably windy day (at least in Hamburg where I am right now) wind production is at 20% capacity, solar at 36 capacity.Busy burning coal for 21% of electricity even on a windy day. parent illiarian 3 years ago
> in a Grid which draws like 50.
Installed wind capacity in Germany is 65GW. Seems to be much higher than what grid demands.
And yet, on April 15th it was producing only 5% of that. And solar was producing zero.
Guess where the power to cover that came from?
Even today on a reasonably windy day (at least in Hamburg where I am right now) wind production is at 20% capacity, solar at 36 capacity.
Busy burning coal for 21% of electricity even on a windy day.