Post AavRpRjWpvCTLBwtF2 by bastianallgeier@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AavRpRjWpvCTLBwtF2 by bastianallgeier@mastodon.social
       2023-10-19T10:15:12Z
       
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       Good news for the German energy transition! In the first 9 months of 2023, more new on-shore wind turbines have been approved than ever before in the same period (5.200 MW capacity) https://www.energie-und-management.de/nachrichten/detail/neuer-rekord-bei-windrad-genehmigungen-197558
       
 (DIR) Post #AavRpTdDmLLLED0sgi by bastianallgeier@mastodon.social
       2023-10-19T10:21:26Z
       
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       I love to convert those numbers into nuclear plants for reference. This would be comparable to the capacity of roughly 3.8 plants of the size of Isar 2 in Bavaria.  The capacity isn't comparable to the actual amount of energy those plants produce. A nuclear plant will always produce more in total because wind turbines suffer from intermittence – just like PV. But it takes roughly 10-15 years to build a single nuclear plant. This is the added capacity of 9 months.
       
 (DIR) Post #AavRpVRb2XEUqjacqW by bastianallgeier@mastodon.social
       2023-10-19T10:24:55Z
       
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       We need better ways to think of the dimensions though. That's why those comparisons are helpful, even if not 100% correct. What is 5.2 TW of capacity? How much storage do we need now to compensate the intermittence gaps? How much can we already solve by a mixture of PV and wind? (They often go hand in hand) It needs to be more intuitive to think of all of this.
       
 (DIR) Post #AavRpXQFgVLUz8ya1o by bastianallgeier@mastodon.social
       2023-10-19T10:35:37Z
       
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       This stuff also makes me truly hopeful. The solutions are there and they are working and are already cheaper than fossil fuels and nuclear power. Storage solutions are also being ramped up. Yes, we need more added power lines and smarter grids and bi-directional charging to use our cars as storage and all of that. But the puzzle is coming along.