{"id":210578,"date":"2022-07-27T19:25:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=210578"},"modified":"2022-07-27T19:25:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T17:25:38","slug":"german-wind-and-solar-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=210578","title":{"rendered":"German Wind and Solar Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In January green Germany shut down half of their nuclear power plants with the intention of replacing them with inherently unreliable and frequently unavailable wind and solar power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants \u2013 ABC News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Six months later they appear to be planning to reopen the nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nuclear power: T\u00dcV boss sees decommissioned nuclear power plants \u201cin excellent condition\u201d | TIME ONLINE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Germany to fire up coal plants as Russia cuts gas supply<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Germany plans winter \u2018warm-up spaces\u2019 in case of gas shortage \u2014 Analysis \u2013 Mass News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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via Real Climate Science<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In January green Germany shut down half of their nuclear power plants with the intention of replacing them with inherently unreliable and frequently unavailable wind and solar power. Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants \u2013 ABC News Six months later they appear to be planning to reopen the nuclear power plants. 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