Renewable energy made up just over 41% of Germany’s power supply last month, the most ever at around 19.5 TWh. It’s a good thing, too, because nuclear power production may have fallen to its lowest monthly level since the 1970s – even though no nuclear plant has been switched off since 2015. Meanwhile, has France’s tentative nuclear reduction reached a milestone? Craig Morris takes a look. In March, Germany posted yet another wind power record, with production peaking at 38.5 GW on March 18, just topping the old record of 38 GW on February 22. The month as a whole was the biggest ever for renewables in the country as well, thanks primarily to more electricity from wind and solar. Together, they generated some 12.5 TWh, though it was not a record month for either. (The monthly record for wind is 11.2 TWh from December 2015; for solar, 5.5 TWh from July 2015.) Power from biomass (not wood pellets!) was also strong at 4.5 TWh but also far from its record of 4.8 TWh in … Continue reading March was a record month for renewable power in Germany