{"id":350843,"date":"2024-11-11T08:55:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T07:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350843"},"modified":"2024-11-11T08:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T07:55:27","slug":"green-bluesas-fog-persists-for-days-in-germany-green-energy-output-falls-to-near-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350843","title":{"rendered":"Green Blues\u2026As Fog Persists For Days In Germany, Green Energy Output Falls To Near Zero!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NoTrickZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0P Gosselin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 5 p.m. last Wednesday, Germany\u2019s 1602 offshore wind turbines in the North and Baltic Seas stood still\u2026solar output was also near zero. Germany had to scramble to keep supply going.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The enemy of green energy: the high pressure system<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By KlimaNachrichten<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the words of Professor Claudia Kemfert: It is a myth to believe that solar and wind do not provide enough electricity. The myth that there will be enough wind and sunshine somewhere in Europe was shattered at the beginning of November 2024. Daniel Wetzel<\/strong> describes the situation in the online Die Welt<\/a><\/em> (pay article)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At 5 p.m. on Wednesday, solar power was only supplying a single megawatt hour. The 1602 offshore wind turbines in the North and Baltic Seas \u2013 each one the size of the Eiffel Tower \u2013 were at a complete standstill.\u202fZero electricity production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The onshore wind turbines produced only 114 megawatt hours at that hour, with German electricity consumption at 63,000 megawatt hours. Transmission system operator Amprion described the situation on the LinkedIn web portal on Thursday: \u2018The minimum feed-in from wind and PV was just around 100 megawatts in total (in the period from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.).\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that the 87,000 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity and around 72,000 megawatts of wind power installed in Germany with triple-digit billion-euro subsidies were virtually unused for hours on end.<\/strong> There was no danger to the power supply, it was said. \u2018No sun, no wind \u2013 yesterday and today there was a dark doldrums in Germany,\u2019 explained Amprion on Thursday: \u2018But our system management had everything under control.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Without the fossil power producers and foreign countries, things would have looked bad. A situation that was to be expected \u2013 but was consistently smiled away. Instead, graphics of the annual cycle were waved around to show that sun and wind would complement each other perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fatal thing about the situation is the prices. Fossil power generation has been made politically more expensive and in times of shortage, prices really go through the roof. Die Welt added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The peak prices of the past week are possibly just a harbinger of what is to be expected in the coming winter. The expert agency \u201cMontel\u201d quotes energy market experts who expect price peaks of 1000 euros per megawatt hour in the event of further wind lulls. This is because in times of low wind power production, increasingly expensive gas-fired power plants have to step in, which then define the market price level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traders interviewed by \u201cMontel\u201d also referred to the German nuclear and coal phase-out, which has reduced the base load-capable power plant capacity that can produce regardless of the weather. The imminent onset of the autumn and winter cold in Europe is also likely to drive up prices. This is because France in particular will then see a sharp increase in its own consumption, as many heating systems in the country are powered by electricity. The surge in demand for electricity in France is likely to further increase the relative shortage on the European Power Exchange and thus drive up prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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