The southeastern German state of Bavaria is arguably not much of a team player in the Energiewende. The state government does not want wind turbines, and opposition to new power lines ostensibly to bring in wind power from the north is fiercest among Bavarians. One proposal to fill the power gap is gas turbines. Craig Morris points out a few reasons why the strategy seems unrealistic. Bavaria does not exactly have tremendous gas resources, and the public is highly unlikely to support fracking. Beer brewers are among the greatest opponents of shale gas exploration, and the Bavarian capital of Munich is home to Oktoberfest. So if the Bavarian government’s vocal support for gas turbines is not about tapping the state’s (non-existent) gas resources, what is the point? The state government may be trying to save gas turbines, such as the one in Irsching discussed in my previous post. The idea originally was to replace nuclear power with these gas turbines, and it seems that top Bavarian politicians wish to stick to that plan – instead … Continue reading Bavaria and natural gas – not the best combination