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6. Not even close.

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 08:10 AM

Sep 2014

They are having their best year so far (favorable weather), but they're only just a bit above 1/3 renewable...

... and that's only if you "score" biomass as renewable.

http://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/downloads-englisch/pdf-files-englisch/data-nivc-/electricity-production-from-solar-and-wind-in-germany-2014.pdf

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