My utility has been doing this and I’m now paying 4 cents more per kWh, a ~33% increase, than before they started doing it.
German public now favors extending life of Nuclear power plants
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Not sure where you get your information, better start paying attention whats going on!
Hard to convert once they are tore down!
Keep in mind, that gas plants have a horrible efficiency, you need a lot of gas to make power.
Especially since the LNG we import now, has less BTU than the Russian natural gas we used to have.
As about 50% of all Germans, I heat my home with gas, and I can clearly see the difference.
I need much more gas now (and it was a rather mild winter over here).
Especially since the LNG we import now, has less BTU than the Russian natural gas we used to have.
As about 50% of all Germans, I heat my home with gas, and I can clearly see the difference.
I need much more gas now (and it was a rather mild winter over here).
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Most coal shutdown are replaced by natural gas capacity, it is pretty obvious who was promoting it.
Ya well it's a matter of cost. Not every coal plant is suitable for conversion.
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True, but a lot of the same companies are also investing in/promoting renewables, that they reap the subsidies for and then also provide the gas backup for. It's a great grift if you can swing it.
NatGas is the most most efficient form of fossil fuel power generation there is coming in at 50-60 percent. German coal can get close at 47% with their newest plant which is multiple better than what the US has opted to do.
With "efficiency" I was talking about the fuel cost/output ratio.
Germany is closing the last nuclear power plants it has, and replacing them with brown coal power plants. Don't really know what's going on, but there are total double moral in the EU. Then CO2 tariffs will be introduced for ordinary citizens.
Actually wonder if i would move away from here like many others
Actually wonder if i would move away from here like many others
ah yes, NatGas transported on ships is going to be more expensive for certain. It really feel bad for you guys. The Greens back in the late 1990s-early 2000 put too much faith in Moscow dropping its belligerent ways. Gerhard Schröder, judging by his five marriages, has poor judgment when it comes to withwhom he wants to cozy up with. lol.
My home province of Alberta will be shutting down the last coal plant this year. Instead, Alberta will be mostly on Natural Gas. In 2015, they were still building coal plants.
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may time you find rational thought beats wishful thinking almost every time, especially when it comes to practical decisions.
same thought, different problem....does anybody think the mandating new car purchase of electric vehicles is going to work out if people just drive their 40 year old car instead and sales go in the tank?
same thought, different problem....does anybody think the mandating new car purchase of electric vehicles is going to work out if people just drive their 40 year old car instead and sales go in the tank?
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Of course rates in Alberta have also changed significantly since the start of the coal phaseout.
it literally reminds me of: "this is not the brexit i voted for" public moaningLikely of interest to many here. The German public is now overall in favor of extending Nuclear Power. Likely the key take away - italics my paraphrase - quote from the article - due to energy issues cause by the war in Ukraine "Previously, the majority of the public was in favor of the nuclear phaseout in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster; now over 80% are in favor of extending the lifespan of Germany's existing nuclear reactors."
In Unexpected Swing, Germany’s Public Now Favors Nuclear Power | OilPrice.com
Russia’s war in Ukraine is forcing a rethink of energy security not only in Germany but also by the entire continent, and nuclear power is one of the winnersoilprice.com
politicians promised miracles if the brexit gets passed, but the awakening next morning was cruel.
brexit made everything worse. same as the closure of nuclear.
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