Posted on April 17, 2021 by Rafe Champion DANG WIND DROUGHTS! The Germans closed down some coal plants and then fired them up again eight days later. German coal closed down – for 8 days
But they press on with the Energiewende, the green energy transition. Germany has ambitious plans. All nuclear power plants must close by 2022: Brokdorf 1400MW will close at the end of 2021, Emsland 1329MW will close at the end of 2022, Grohnde 1360MW will close at the end of 2021, Philippsburg-2 1402MW will close at the end of 2019, Neckarwestheim-2 1310MW will close at the end of 2022, Isar-2 1410MW will close at the end of 2022, Gundremmingen -C 1244MW will close at the end of 2021. A total of 10GW will be taken from the electricity grid.
That timetable is reported in a handy summary of the disasters in waiting when electric cars hit the German roads in numbers.
Dutch piece on absurdity of EU green transtition Just to give you an idea: as soon as 1 battery car is connected to a 350kW fast charger, the electricity grid is suddenly charged with an amount of power equal to that of 875 homes together. Since solar and wind are not constant energy sources that can be called up 24 hours, that power will have to come from elsewhere. With a great deal of subsidy, the Netherlands has invested heavily in biomass and converted coal-fired power stations that largely burn wood. But it turns out to be a costly blunder on the part of the Rutte government, because most wood-fired power stations will have to close again.
More than 60% of this “sustainable” energy in the Netherlands is produced in 372 biomass plants. And another 153 are planned. Much of the wood comes from primeval forests of the Baltic states and countries around the Carpathians, which are sold by corrupt governments.
The Germans are short of power already when the wind drops so the prospect of electricity-guzzling cars lining up for the limited supply in future is not pr
