@ S.Herb: East-West facing panels would cover morning and evening peaks very well in California. Think about facade mounted panels…
On California has too much coal and nuclear
Hi Alexander, Good to know we agree. I was put on the wrong foot by the following sentence in your…
On How arguments on solar power affect public support in the US and Germany
Hey Hans, I think your analysis is spot-on. But I think you misunderstood me if you understood me claiming that…
On How arguments on solar power affect public support in the US and Germany
@ Alexander: I have been following the discussion in Germany quit a while now, but I never heard the argument…
On How arguments on solar power affect public support in the US and Germany
There is something strange about the figure about Californian production: Hydro seems to be used as baseload. A first internet…
On California has too much coal and nuclear
Alexander, I think you mis-attribute the recent success of the divestment movement to moral outrage, when the economics of the…
On How arguments on solar power affect public support in the US and Germany
Hey Hans, that's a very important point and actually one of the mistakes that were made in Germany. People talked…
On How arguments on solar power affect public support in the US and Germany
To understand the motivation behind the unnecessary curtailing it is useful to know how the utilities in California are organised.…
On California has too much coal and nuclear
On the short term it seems to make sense to use promote renewables within the conservative ideological frame. However, there…
On How arguments on solar power affect public support in the US and Germany
Burning waste is indeed tricky for the health of people. In NL we had to reconfigure those installations when it…
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