(US EST 4:18P 1/24/22)
26.3 GW coal, 41.18% of German electricity in "percent talk." 59.86% capacity utilization.
12.9 GW gas, 21.16% of German electricity in "percent talk." 42.26% capacity utilization.
4.49 GW wind, 7.01% of German electricity in "percent talk." 7.03% capacity utilization.
Solar: Zero all around.
It's interesting that the last 3 nuclear plants in Germany are producing almost as much power as all the wind turbines in Germany, 4.10 GW, operating at 101.6% of capacity utilization.
I'm sick this afternoon, and am relaxing by listening to this young German guy being interviewed about how he hates his forests being torn apart to build wind plants, and how he's pronuclear even after having grown up with some pretty powerful propaganda about how a fascist nuclear empire was going to kill everyone on Earth.
Worth a listen I think: The Grim Fairy Tale of German Electricity.
But isn't it time to talk about something more pleasant? How about Fukushima?
Oh, I forgot to add: "Only" 16 expected deaths in Europe today if we continue to crank along around generating 26.3 GW with coal while waiting for the wind to blow, 5700 deaths/year annualized, if they're burning anthracite, 21 deaths if they're burning lignite, 7300/deaths per year annualized.
How many people died from radiation at Fukushima again? This should be in the "'I'm not an anti-nuke' antinuke" library somewhere, shouldn't it?
France is also doing badly, for France, 102 g CO2/kwh; Germany's only 500% worse. It appears the wind junk they built is doing better than Germany at 21.16% capacity utilization, but because it isn't providing very much electricity, they're burning gas.
I think it's still "true" in Germany, if nowhere where numbers matter, that nuclear energy is "too dangerous" and climate change isn't "too dangerous."
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