• zergtoshi@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    I searched for info and there seems to be a clear trend according to https://www.iea.org/countries/germany/energy-mix which fossil is going down, nuclear having gone to 0, total energy imports going down, renawables going up.
    Do you say such a transformation can be done over night?
    Looking at the USA in comparison I come to the conclusion that a lot of countries are on the right path.

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      18 days ago

      Your electrical production went from >5 million TJ in 2000 to ~3 million TJ in 2024. You seem to be relying on everyone else producing at times with no wind and no sun. Like cold winter nights when everyone else needs their power too. 70-80 Euro cents per kWh was unheard of just 5 years ago. It’s not even uncommon where I live now that you’ve removed what dependability your grid had.

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          18 days ago

          My bad. I mixed up “energy” with “electricity”, which is not the same thing. Was looking at the domestic energy production graph (second line graph on mobile at least) at https://www.iea.org/countries/germany/energy-mix .

          Edit: Your source states that Germany is importing 81% more electricity “now” (2024) than in the year 2000. Still “just” 5.8% net import, but seems (to me) as if my point still stands even if the numbers were the wrong ones.