Wind Beats Old Energy In German Market
German Wind Power Beats Hard Coal, Nuclear Power for First Time
Brian Parkin, November 24, 2017 (Bloomberg News)
"Power generated this year by onshore and offshore wind in Germany exceeded the amount of electricity coming from hard coal and nuclear plants for the first time…German coal plant operators choked generation from hard coal plants in favor of cheaper-to-run lignite units this year and nuclear power operators kept plants…offline for extended periods…Lignite generation rose 0.3 percent to about 117 terawatt-hours so far this year, highlighting the addiction of utilities to one of the cheapest and dirtiest forms of energy…[but hard] coal generation dropped 14 percent to 69.3 terawatt-hours…Onshore and offshore wind power has an installed capacity of about 54 gigawatts -- outstripping all other main sources of power capacity…" click here for more
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