Reality Check: Germany Does Not Get Half of its Energy from Solar Panels

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1. This was a strawman -- Germany got half it's electicity from solar on one public holiday in June,

Popular Mechanics edited down the source of the story, "The Local", and deleted a HUGE caveat but this is kind of an interesting milestone for solar in Germany nonetheless...

"German solar demonstrated just what it is capable of in the first two weeks of June," said Tobias Rothacher, expert for renewable energies at Germany Trade & Invest, the country's economic development agency.

Analysis from the Fraunhofer ISE research institute showed solar panels in Germany generated a record 24.24 GW of electricity between 1pm and 2pm on Friday, June 6th.

And on Monday June 9th, which was a national holiday, solar power production peaked at 23.1 GW, which equalled 50.6 percent of total electricity demand - setting another milestone.

The week was unusually hot with highs of 37C and Rothacher put the record down to the warm weather and the fact it was a public holiday.

http://www.thelocal.de/20140619/germany-produces-half-of-electricity-needs-with-solar-power