- Renewables sharply up, especially wind (light green)
- Coal (brown) down, accelerating
- Nuclear (red) down, nuclear exit in progress
German electricity 2020 (public grid):
- Renewables at 50.5% (over 50% for the first time)
- Wind power produced more electricity than brown coal and hardcoal together
https://t.co/BrDwiWkD4w
- Renewables sharply up, especially wind (light green)
- Coal (brown) down, accelerating
- Nuclear (red) down, nuclear exit in progress
- Up by a factor of 6, between 2002 and 2020
- Doubled in the period 2011-2020
- Solar and wind produced more than brown coal + hardcoal + gas, for the first time, in 2020
- mostly between 35 and 45%
- highest: Sandbank, at 49.6%
- Good complementarity: wind high in winter, solar in summer
- Conclusion Bruno @energy_charts: too little solar capacity; more would make the annual pattern flatter.
1 June, 13:00: 37.25 GW of solar PV power was 56% of total power generation.
Installed solar PV capacity was 51.0 GW, so this represented 73% of nominal power, due/thanks to different orientations and distributed locations.
22 February 20:30: 46.88 GW, which was 67% of all power generation at that time.
Installed wind capacity was 61.3 GW, so this represented 76.5% of nominal power, due/thanks to the distribution of wind farms over the country.
- On the rise
- 298 hours in 2020, that’s 3.4% of the time
Happens when renewables + inflexible generation exceed demand. Together with hours of low prices, builds case for more storage, demand response, interconnection.
Brown coal power plants emit 1 tCO2/MWh, so when the two bars meet, they get zero income for their power generation.
When there’s lots of wind and sun, electricity prices go down. Which means that on average the prices that wind and solar electricity would get on the market are lower than for other sources: around -15%, in 2020.
- Peaked in 2010-2012, at 7-8 GW/year
- Around 4 GW installed in 2020 (Jan-Nov)
- Total installed cpacity now: 53.6 GW
- peaked in 2014-2017, at 4-5 GW/year
- just over 1 GW installed in 2020 (Jan-Nov)
- total installed capacity now 54.6 GW
- peaked in 2015 (2.3 GW completed)
- only 0.2 GW completed in 2020
- total capacity now 7.7 GW
- massive expansion plans: 20 GW by 2030, 40 GW by 2040
Full year 2020 overview: https://t.co/BrDwiWkD4w (English translation may follow)
Graphs can be created on the realtime site: https://t.co/O4OCG8vr5A (in English)
https://t.co/CXiMD3ggrS
More from World
Watch the entire discussion if you have the time to do so. But if not, please make sure to watch Edhem Eldem summarizing ~150 years of democracy in Turkey in 6 minutes (starting on 57'). And if you can't watch it, fear not; I've transcribed it for you (as public service). Thread:
"Let me start by saying that I am a historian, I see dead people. But more seriously, I am constantly torn between the temptation to see patterns developing over time, and the fear of hasty generalizations and anachronistic comparisons. 1/n
"Nevertheless, the present situation forces me to explore the possible historical dimensions of the problem we're facing today. 2/n
"(...)I intend to go further back in time and widen the angle in order to focus on the confusion I believe exists between the notions of 'state', 'government', and 'public institutions' in Turkey. 3/n
"In the summer of 1876, that's a historical quote, as Midhat Pasa was trying to draft a constitution, Edhem Pasa wrote to Saffet Pasa, and I quote in Turkish, 'Bize Konstitusyon degil enstitusyon lazim' ('It is not a constitution we need but institutions'). 4/n
https://t.co/1GtPJaxi1H - Ka\xe7\u0131rmay\u0131n bu muhte\u015fem Bo\u011fazi\xe7i hocalar\u0131 ge\xe7idini !
— dilek cinar (@dlkcinar) February 16, 2021
"Let me start by saying that I am a historian, I see dead people. But more seriously, I am constantly torn between the temptation to see patterns developing over time, and the fear of hasty generalizations and anachronistic comparisons. 1/n
"Nevertheless, the present situation forces me to explore the possible historical dimensions of the problem we're facing today. 2/n
"(...)I intend to go further back in time and widen the angle in order to focus on the confusion I believe exists between the notions of 'state', 'government', and 'public institutions' in Turkey. 3/n
"In the summer of 1876, that's a historical quote, as Midhat Pasa was trying to draft a constitution, Edhem Pasa wrote to Saffet Pasa, and I quote in Turkish, 'Bize Konstitusyon degil enstitusyon lazim' ('It is not a constitution we need but institutions'). 4/n
You May Also Like
1/ Here’s a list of conversational frameworks I’ve picked up that have been helpful.
Please add your own.
2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you
3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.
“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”
“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”
4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:
“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”
“What’s end-game here?”
“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”
5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:
“What would the best version of yourself do”?
Please add your own.
2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you
1/\u201cWhat would need to be true for you to\u2026.X\u201d
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) December 4, 2018
Why is this the most powerful question you can ask when attempting to reach an agreement with another human being or organization?
A thread, co-written by @deanmbrody: https://t.co/Yo6jHbSit9
3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.
“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”
“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”
4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:
“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”
“What’s end-game here?”
“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”
5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:
“What would the best version of yourself do”?
