{"id":3989,"date":"2014-05-02T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2014-05-02T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T10:12:00","slug":"one-thing-learnt-week-german-energiewende","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=3989","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week – German Energiewende"},"content":{"rendered":"

The German Energiewende or transition to renewables is controversial both at home and abroad.\u00a0 This blog has detailed<\/a> some of the issues about what to do with the excess power, although the problems<\/a> put about by prominent climate sceptics seem to have been exaggerated.\u00a0 There have not been wide spread power outages.\u00a0 Another area of controversy has been over the German Energiewende and coal use.\u00a0 Many critics say that the closure of nuclear power has led to the production of much more electricity by coal, increasing CO2 emissions.\u00a0 The latest figures suggest this is not true.<\/p>\n

The first graphic shows Germany’s installed generation capacity.<\/p>\n

\"German<\/a>The second shows the change in power output between Q1 2013 and Q1 2014.\u00a0 Both figures from the Fraunhofer Institute.<\/p>\n

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\"German <\/a>Of course the data is only for two quarters and the winter was mild and more conducive to solar and wind output.\u00a0 It does nevertheless suggest the German Energiewende is not necessarily leading to more coal use.<\/p>\n

Another criticism of the German Energiewende is that Germany is importing fossil fuel or nuclear generated electricity from elsewhere in Europe.\u00a0 Again the latest data suggests this is not the case.\u00a0 Germany continued to export power in Q1 2014.\u00a0 It was 4.6TWh, the lowest ever, but its still positive.<\/p>\n

The Germans should be congratulated on their Energiewende.\u00a0 They are leading where the rest of us must follow and we can learn from them.\u00a0 The UK is fast catching up in terms of wind and solar with over 1GWp of solar alone installed in the first quarter of this year.\u00a0 Therefore some of the excess power issues are going to show this summer or the year after.\u00a0 Some more details about the German Energiewende data can be seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n

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