HomeEuropeGermany: Electricity production from coal fell below 20% for the first time in history in the first half of 2024 as renewables reach a new record
The government goal is to reach 80% renewables by 2030, which is feasible but it will be close. While solar has a healthy growth, wind is currently the problem child with only 1 GW added so far this year.
Congratulations, Germany!
And they’re still charging the highest production prices. It’s a bullshit law that needs to be changed. Energy needs to cost as much as it costs, not based on the most expensive production option.
Well well well, turns out “green energy is a failure” is right wing BS.
Who would have thought that?
Why is cross-border trading crossed out? I know we here in DK export/import power with DE all the time. (And they likely do with their other neighboring countries as well). ( [https://energinet.dk/energisystemet-lige-nu/](https://energinet.dk/energisystemet-lige-nu/) ) usually (but ofc not always) sending Wind/Solar/Hydro (from Norway), down south when exporting on the “Jylland side”, which is the main DE export transmission line.
With today being a pretty bad renewable energy day here in DK. (not much wind/sun).
Yes but nuclear energy has a really active lobby online
Inb4 – Nuclear bros brigading this thread with their bullshit claims.
Why is hydro so low in Germany? They’ve got a bunch of major rivers
Sadly natural gasses grew a lot compared to the first half of 2023. That might be a small setback though since renewable energy is growing even faster. I’m happy that coal gets less and less relevant, but one shouldn’t forget that natural gasses are way more climate active than CO2 and stay climate active way longer than CO2 once it’s in the atmosphere. Thats all the more annoying considering that leakage is the main polluter in natural gasses and can be fought with rather little effort.
Still hate biomass being designated as renewable. Bleh
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Source: https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/energy_pie/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&interval=halfyear&halfyear=1&source=total&year=2024
Electricity from coal in the first half-year over time: https://i.imgur.com/bSOPO1t.png
Share of renewables over time: https://i.imgur.com/znBqKtS.png
The government goal is to reach 80% renewables by 2030, which is feasible but it will be close. While solar has a healthy growth, wind is currently the problem child with only 1 GW added so far this year.
Congratulations, Germany!
And they’re still charging the highest production prices. It’s a bullshit law that needs to be changed. Energy needs to cost as much as it costs, not based on the most expensive production option.
Well well well, turns out “green energy is a failure” is right wing BS.
Who would have thought that?
Why is cross-border trading crossed out? I know we here in DK export/import power with DE all the time. (And they likely do with their other neighboring countries as well). ( [https://energinet.dk/energisystemet-lige-nu/](https://energinet.dk/energisystemet-lige-nu/) ) usually (but ofc not always) sending Wind/Solar/Hydro (from Norway), down south when exporting on the “Jylland side”, which is the main DE export transmission line.
With today being a pretty bad renewable energy day here in DK. (not much wind/sun).
Yes but nuclear energy has a really active lobby online
Inb4 – Nuclear bros brigading this thread with their bullshit claims.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/edwin-lyman/five-things-the-nuclear-bros-dont-want-you-to-know-about-small-modular-reactors/
Here you can see how Germany looks compared to other countries, I recommend comparing with France or Slovakia. Especially see how it is at night.
[https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE](https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE)
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE
Why is hydro so low in Germany? They’ve got a bunch of major rivers
Sadly natural gasses grew a lot compared to the first half of 2023. That might be a small setback though since renewable energy is growing even faster. I’m happy that coal gets less and less relevant, but one shouldn’t forget that natural gasses are way more climate active than CO2 and stay climate active way longer than CO2 once it’s in the atmosphere. Thats all the more annoying considering that leakage is the main polluter in natural gasses and can be fought with rather little effort.
Still hate biomass being designated as renewable. Bleh
Does nuclear power count as “renewable”?
Cudos to german engineering success 👍