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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
How is a working system that is reliably supplying 15% of the electricity for a major European nation "theoretical"? If they can improve it and enlarge it, it will supply all their power -- if it was "theoretical", why would the German engineers even think of implementing it?
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You had asked me if I had watched the link, now I ask you the same. They say their objective is to replace Coal, Nuclear and imported power with renewables. Coal and Nuke are 69% while wind, solar and Biomass are currently 10.1%. What have they accomplished? I dont think anybody here is arguing that it is not possible to generate 10, 20 or even 30% of electricity with unconventional (non-hydro) renewables.
I know the point that you are refusing to see. That intermittent sources are not a problem in small doses because by design there is extra capacity on the grid. If wind was 60% or more of the grid then there would only be 40% "peak + baseload" to prop up the system on a bad wind day and the baseload would have to more than double its output which is impossible.
Countries like Germany and Denmark are Hypocrites, they want to rid themselves of nuclear power for ideological reasons, but have no problems importing power from nuclear heavyweights Sweden and France when their utopian power supply fails to meet their needs.