Edmond, the trend onshore is towards increasing swept area, which means the length of blades. The generator size remains the…
R., your research is inaccurate. The nuclear phaseout was in 2002, not 2000. Your figures on capacity factors for wind…
DirkH, numerous flaws in your assumptions. 1) Don't count primary energy. You drastically overstate (3x) the need for energy consumption.…
Herve, even by your math, the 55 bn is only 1,200 euros per household because Germany has 40 million households.…
jmdesp, Idling fossil plants is not a problem, but the goal. We are concerned about nuclear plants ramping because the…
Jonathan, Unfortunately, the renewables surcharge would still apply for stored power. It is currently at 6.24 cents per kWh. If…
Night trains, Thomas. Can you take a sleeper from Cologne to anywhere in Italy or Spain? Do you have to…
Don, "Germany is generating too much power as the variability of the grid has increased. This is the main problem."…
Brian, I don't know what "solar dominates the market" means. I say we should keep FITs for solar after grid…
Rober2D2, If you have a look at the paper, you will see that we do indeed talk about what has…