Germany's Renewable Energy Revolution
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- Germany Trade & Invest presents its short film about Germany’s Renewable Energy Revolution, the so called Energiewende (energy transition).
Voices from science, industry, and politics outline the achievements made so far, next steps, and the opportunities the energy transition offers.
More: www.gtai.com/energy
I admire Germany's ambitious plan for large-scale renewable energy generation.
I live in Australia and it's quite the opposite here, we are resource rich, one of the largest exporters of coal, pretty much everything runs on coal here. No one is interested in change, the status quo is to keep the mining industry happy. There's absolutely no emphasis on renewable at all. It's a real shame.
FreshcliffM wir haben auch einiges an Johle hier Stichwort Ruhrgebiet ;D llohnt ishc nur nicht mehr die scheeiisse abzubauen ;D
+lXlElevatorlXl Wird er mit Sicherheit verstanden haben......
Actually they need more coal now since they banned nuclear. Indeed in some areas they have to resettle people because those places will be strip mined.
+Lemmy
No it does not, jerk. Greetings from Frankfurt. Renewables and nuclear exceed coal production here. At that, we at least do and try something.
FreshcliffM How about nuclear 40% of the uranium reserves are in Australia. An auzzy Ben Heard is pro nuclear for Australia do a search on CZcams for "Ben Heard"
everytime i look for economical green energy ideas, i keep coming back to germany
Once again, Germany is ahead of the competition by miles. Some people just don't seem to realize how smart this is for Germany to do. They will have an extremely powerful industrial economy that doesn't really need imported energy to function. This will be a HUGE advantage for Germany. I see why many other European countries dislike Germany. They're envious and worried that they may not be able to achieve the same.
Tuppoo94 Every country is responsible for itself. If they can´t manage it - well that´s not our fault. But one thing has to be mentioned: The main reason for this ambition was the political will to shut down our nuclear power plants. And that happened right after Fukushima.
+Tuppoo94 Yes, so smart, they ditched relatively modern and completely carbon-free nuclear power, in favour of ye olde coal. So green.
aidanjt That's not the point. I never talked about the environment. I talked about energy self-sufficiency.
+anonymusum Actually it happened way before Fukushima. Many forget that a plan was already in execution to shift out since 2000. Merkel's new goverment had just voted to suspend that plan when Fukushima happned a few month later. The "new" plan shifts out nuclear in the same year as the original one. The only real difference is that the new plan had some reactors shut down imidiatly (the older ones).
+aidanjt *The problem of nuclear waste isn't even nearly solved. **_Not one_** long term depository exists on the whole planet. **_Not one!_** And year after year we pile up ton upon ton of more nuclear waste.*
reason why germany always leading in technology is because germany produce less politician and produce more inventor ,engineering and profesional, not like us in indonesia, we produce so much politician instead of profesional people... love germany, respect from indonesia...
Nspnspker ok
Congratulations Germany!
+gabi campbell *Sheeple = You are sheeple of the oil industry, hmm?*
thank you
+Lemmy
No it does not. Greetings from Frankfurt. Renewables and nuclear exceed coal production here and coal energy is considered to be dropped in the future.
Solar is the future....
Thorium is the future. And then fusion.
New Zealand has been at >70% renewable for decades but to be fair that is in part due to their natural resources (hydro/geothermal)
Germany can fart and PR megaphones will present is as something cutting-edge.
PS: What percentage of White NZ-lander - Asian relationship is White woman - Asian man ?
Iceland is on 100% geothermal energy!
Why don't we all switch to geothermal energy?
It's easy. just move everyone on top of a vulcano.
The difference is that Germany can be a model for the rest of the world in how to go green. As Countries like New Zealand, Iceland and Norway, with low population densities and with unique geographical conditions, can't be for obvious reasons.
Just a mnior point...lol... Wind and solar not so much
@@swanky_yuropean7514 I'd like to support Germany, but I just don't see how they can be an example when almost half their energy is still generated from coal, and not even clean coal at that. Contrast this with the UK (which is similar in population size) who has switched to gas and renewables meaning that their total CO2 emissions are currently 38% below 1990 levels and are now as low as emissions were back in 1890!! Much of this has been achieved in the last 5 years: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-carbon-emissions-in-2017-fell-to-levels-last-seen-in-1890
I've worked many years with German engineers whom I found very smart and intelligent.
Reading this headline it is clear that such smartness and intelligence does not extend to others.
what do you mean ?
Is there any vacancy for civil engineer in renewable energy company of Germany?
Why cant the exact same thing work in America? It would revolutionise the American electrical grid and provide hundreds of thousands of jobs for the next 30-40 years, and beyond. It really makes all the sense in the world...
Subsidizing renewable energy is too communist for you guys. You put your money into shady loans and housing bubbles. ;)
Because we don't want to pay 3 times the price for energy? Germany's "Revolution" may sound cool if you cherry pick some data, but their energy policy is a complete train wreck.
player276 If they pay 3 times as much for their energy... I would think that's a them problem, not a renewable energy problem.
Do you have ANY evidence to suggest the problem is with renewables and not simply with Germany's implementation of renewables?
Do you have any evidence that they pay 3 times as much, for that matter?...
godonlyknows13 "I would think that's a them problem, not a renewable energy problem. "
The exact same problem occurs in every country where non-hydro renewable play a big role.
"Do you have ANY evidence to suggest the problem is with renewables and not simply with Germany's implementation of renewables?
Do you have any evidence that they pay 3 times as much, for that matter?"
Yes and Yes. For the second, you can do a quick google search for "Price for energy by country". For the first, the evidence is extremely simple. Renewable are not reliable. This means that if there is no sunlight, solar panels don't generate electricity. If there is no wind, wind farms don't generate electricity. This is not an issue in the summer for example, but in the winter when it is -20 outside, that is the difference between life and death.
This is why every country that uses renewable also maintains coal plants as a back-up in case of bad weather. These power plants and their maintenance cost money. Solar Panels and Wind farms are the most cost effective forms of energy we have, but if you factor in the cost of back-ups needed, they are the most expensive. Renewable that ARE reliable, such as Hydro are dirt cheap and dont require back-up alternatives. If you look at that cost of energy by country, you will find there is almost a perfect linear relationship between cost of energy and % of energy that comes from renewables.
The countries with the lowest cost of energy rely heavily on hydro and nuclear, as those forms of energy are cheap and reliable. Most countries dont have the rivers for Hydro and have an irrational fear of Nuclear, hence investment in vastly inferior forms of energy.
+godonlyknows13 Yes, washington knows this and they have been making laws to increase renewable usage.
+Suyamu USA is subdidizing solar energy right now.
Interesting that hydrogen and batteries are suggested for storage when almost all commercial electricity storage uses less expensive pumped hydro. Strange that the current relationship with Norway and Sweden balancing Germany's wind wasn't mentioned, they are well on the way to becoming the most interconnected power grids on the planet.
yeah exactly. interconnectors are great.
Very impressive - sounds like politicians and public alike are all behind the move towards renewable energy - whereas those in the US are still dreaming of such a change!
we have to simply ignore them, and band together and come up with actual solutions ourselves. and this is the last thing our corporate overlords want. if nothing else, americans thinking for themselves and looking outside themselves for solutions is probably the best thing we can ever do for ourselves.
@jim Fabricating figures won’t get you anywhere…USA produces 200% more CO2 emissions than Germany on per capita bases…!
Yet UK, with its hundreds of miles of coastline insists on 'fracking' to power itself for decades. Silly UK.
Ignore this propaganda. It's no longer relevant in 2016
Germany is still the fourth largest user of Coal in the world.
It is way off track on meeting its climate change targets.
Yes, because we signed an agreement to drop all nuclear energy in the next years. Plus, our coal power plants are MUCH more efficient than anywhere else in the world. At that, we just broke a global record in solar power. One day in 2015 we produced 78% of the needed energy with the sun.
Greetings from Frankfurt.
+Lemmy
Not true. The only stupid being here is you. At that, everyone knows one cannot rely on solar energy alone.
Tesla model 3 35k. Replacing batteries after 5 years? ha!
John Benton True not all bad news though
UK sets new renewable energy record as wind and solar surge
www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/06/07/uk-sets-new-renewable-energy-record-wind-solar-surge/amp/
2019, over 46% of energy from renewables. Good job Germany
Sweden is 60% :)
@@Swede.from.Boston det ar bra ! My ancestors come from Sweden. Hail Odin and Thor !
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Costa Rica with 95%.
Greece and Spain should be exporting solar power to the north of Europe.
And where does the backup power come from?
Just as UK should be exporting wind and tidal.
@@dougmc666 Batteries, gas, demand response schemes, hydrogen storage, flywheels... Many of these are already in use.
@@Capedamon1 - I'd be interested to know of anyplace that backs up wind or solar without burning any fuel
you can't transport electricity that much. Much of the energy will be consumed in the grid, it is called resistance.
I wish my country could become like Germany.
which is your country?
+Lemmy
We at least took responsibility instead of the US for their crimes in Syria.
Lemmy Fuque hey it's a stupid trump supporter covfefe
good. maybe when all the non-renewable energy runs out, they will help the rest of the world transition, for a fee.
When I read the comments, I'm a bit proud being german. But I think our government won't understand that we need to be responsible if we get so powerful. Southern Europe is going to get poor if rich countries here like Germany, France, GB, Netherlands or Sweden won't help. So why don't we offer free energy for everybody?
+Koala Koala Because that's not how things work. Free stuff does not exist. We'll have to pay for it sooner or later, and in one form or another. Right now we're paying for a century of practically unlimited, wasteful fossil fuel usage by having to switch to other forms of energy at a great cost and inconvenience.
Tuppoo94 I absolutely agree, but if researches for new energy sources like nuclear fusion get finished, we can get a large amount for energy for a small amount of money.
What ! Get real my friend. The possibilities for solar energy in the solar rich southern part of Europe should be utilised instead of getting so-called free energy from wind rich northern Europe.
This is bit outdated, of course. Since this video was published, the German government has given in to the lobbyists, making small-scale investments in rooftop solar much less viable, even though prices have continued to drop.
But, from personal experience: with a ~7kWp rooftop installation + battery (10, better 20 kWh) you can cover your energy needs for a three person household from March to October almost continuously even in northern Germany (in fact this setup will produce a surplus that's greater than the actual consumption). Costs ~20k €, and the investment pays back for itself in about 15 years.
What did they do - the same thing that many states have allowed here in the US? The utilities buy the excess renewable energy at wholesale rates, then charge the user retail when the person buys back that excess power. It is a blatant rip-off to make it less attractive for people to install their own private systems.
Love that blue Ampera at 5:51.
Germany is amazing
das ist sehr gut für Deutschland
Loving that guy's suit @ 7:50
Congratulation Germany!
I ain’t trying to be like those people but am just here from school, but it’s the only interesting topic I’ve seen so far, pretty cool
Good stuff. Very impressive. But want to know more about the cost analysis and political arrangement.
Now that a couple of years have passed, this piece of techno-blather can be put into perspective. Germany's renewables stagnated in 2016:
energytransition.org/2017/01/renewable-energy-production-stagnates-in-germany-in-2016/
There s a pie chart of total German energy consumption that is particularly sobering. Wind and solar are at 2.1% and 1.2%, respectively!
Though you would not know it from seeing this video, there are women in Germany, and there are women leaders in the Energiewende at. Just saying…
Sehr Gut
Renewable energy for running the all automated factory and even everything
I'm currently doing a paper on the profitability and history of the German Energy Revolution, does anyone have a sort of timetable or source that outlines this progress? It'd be greatly appreciated!
Just google for: 'Grafik Deutschland Energiewende' You'll find a lot of material
Update 2020. 46% renewable share in electricity production. Wind power overtakes coal as dominant electricity source. While improving in the electricity sector, the next challenges are heating and transport. The car industry will see huge changes in the next decade.
What kind of services does Trade and invest agency offer to companies interested to enter Germany's market?
We are at 39% in 2018.
Of electricity, not energy
I love this!
Oil exporter Gulf countries do not like this
+Ghassen Smaoui Why would they dislike this?
Germany does not burn oil for electricity.
Oil consumption is not even reduced by placing more windmills and solar cells.
Germany burns natural Gas imported from Russia for electricity production
Funny, many middle east countries are investing in Solar. Saudi's are investing heavily in solar. They see the benefit for them. Although they still enjoy exporting their pollution via oil.
In fact there is a HUGE oversupply of gas in the market. Germany doesn't depend on Russia, but Russia depends on Germany to buy their gas which is why Russia has just built a beautiful pipeline all the way from Siberia to Germany's doorstep.
@@LongTimeAtheist that's because they fear the day they run out. But they want the solar all to themselves, because they need customers. They build solar for themselves to not waste valuable oil, so that it can be sold for money.
Germany for the win !
Germany has one of the highest cost electricity in the world....................Which is killing energy intensive German industries, and those industries are headed to the USA...............Thank you Germany....:)
I came across some videos of a new technology that sounds like it would solve all these problems and could be the holy grail of power and transportation energy supply. They have a long name but I remember them by the name H2IL They have some interesting videos worth viewing.
Would be more credibly if they would not invest in gas pipelines and deforestation in Indonesia (for "bio-energy")
Nice!
If they take a step further and install carbon capture facilities, it will be a huge benefit for the country.
thats weird its only a short time ago your energy policy run by peter Moeller was in tatters, all spin, total spin
Super
Commdoity and energy and raw material is important
The comments attached to this video frequently mention energy utilization behavior in the United States. As an American, allow me to suggest that an impoirtant idea for improving energy usage behavior is to talk about all energy quantities in the same units of measure, either British Thermal Units (Btu) of else Joules. In the U.S. we refer to gallons of gasoline, cubic feet of natural gas, and kilowatt hours of electricity. These units do not invite easy comparison. Each fiscal year I personally convert my energy purchases into Btu's. Thus, in 2016 I purchased 80,000,000 Btu's of natural gas, 8,800,000 Btu's of electricity, and 19,800,000 Btu's of gasoline. The cost per million Btu's varied like this: $8.43 for natural gas, $51.80 for electricity, and $18.33 for gasoline. This shows that electricity has an energy cost of 6.1 times that of natural gas. Ratios like this can be very helpful to energy-conscious individuals trying to sort out purchase information. Ratios like this are masked over by cliches like "energy efficient". Using this approach a person can get shocking ideas about the cost of energy from some sources like AAA batteries which provide energy at a cost of about $800 per kilowatt, or coin cells that provide energy at a cost of $1500 per kilowatt. I am proposing that using the same unit of measure (from physics) for energy sources would be a way to drastically improve human energy consumption behavior. Perhaps the Germans could initiate this approach as it would be consistent with their national energy policies. Thank you for the interesting video!
good job .....keep it up german trade ...love from kenya......set up a production /assembly in kenya for africa
damn that is how we should work for our future good paving the way germany
Weather of renewable energy.
Rain of Water...Drainage sewer Energy....
Windy of Fan energy
Hot summer of lights...Solar energy.
Snow is melting by water.....
Heater of roads.
welllll, that aged bad....
Is anyone surprised that the infection point in the revolution occurred once Angela Merkel (a woman with a PhD in chemistry) assumed office as Chancellor? I think this supports minimum educational requirements for world leaders, as well as a case for more women in those roles.
She´s a PhD in physics and in her first term she prolonged the duration nuclear plants could run for another 30 years. It was only after the Fukushima incident when she decided to end get out of nuclear energy- in 50 years!! Of course this doesn´t happen without handing out gifts to the nuclear energy industry. Investigative journalists found out that the shut down was designed (deliberately!!) so that it would give the industry a legal basis for suing the federal govt for billions of euros.So what has happened since then was that we shut down 2 plants and cole is on the upswing again. The subsidies for the solar industry were cut. New landlines that would transport the energy form the baltic sea to the south, west and east of germany are not beeing build so far. There´s no "grand plan" whatsoever, nothing in the pipeline. So far it´s all in her and other politicians heads.
Don´t get blinded by this woman and her political stunts.
Nope, Merkel has nothing to do with it. Google for Hermann Scheer. He is the godfather of the energy revolution, Sadly he was a "living" man and did not hear what his doctor said. R.I.P.
Since Merkel, paramters of the old EEG were changed, destroying the whole strategy, rising the EEG payment of all costumers.
Again: Merkel and CDU/FDP and since the big coalition also SPD are blocking the revolution.
Since Merkel assumed office, check what happened to german solar manufacturers...
rampone yeah...so they´re deleting the comments..
Ian BruceI am not suprised that, when Fukushima happened and all the people in Germany want to get rid of stupid nuclear power plants, Angela Merkel changed her mind 100% to get elected the next time. She is for sure not the reason or the inventor for renuable energy supply in Germany.
Germany has the highest cost of energy in the world..
unrealone1 because of taxes
Would love to see your efforts in India at the earliest!!!!
Gibt es dieses Video auch auf deutsch?
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Todo Bien.
How's that working out?
Why are critical comments being deleted here?
De. Sch seems like these are good moves but of course they are corrupted by greed and the savings aren't passed on to the masses
Because the modern German miracle does not include free speech or disension.
Hiw are they doing with current electricity cost?
And backup coal an ng powerplants?
Eskiriatai privat household pay like more or less 30eurocents per Kilowatthour.
Eskiriatai I'm a single male in a two-room-appartement and I pay on average 20,-€ per month for electricity.
MrPHAELAN Do you think that is good??
gacj2010 It's a ridiculously low amount of money.
Really is?? Well that;s a plus if that's the case.
Is there destruction of the landscapes with windmills on every ridge. My friend from Germany although proud of such alternatives did say that windmills have predominated much scenic landscapes?? maybe this is accepted and is the price rather than buying gas from the Putins of the world and building their threatening power??? But its good I guess if the power is cheap.
German transistion to Renewable Energy Systems and Smart Energy systems
Germany is inspiring.
clarity
Save Our Planet.
I thought we won WW2. 😳😳😳😳
wow, professional video, very informational
Do u all know this thing....earlier electricity was produced from water ...water itself doesnt create any electricity unless n until sun rays are put on water n then such energy are used to produce electricity....this was the concept of generation of electricity through water...this can be said as an indirect source of electricity production ..now u are using solar panels for generation of electricity...there r two ways either each house will have solar panel or solar panel are built in one particular area n then electricity is produced n distributed....sun is the object solar panel use to operate ...newtons law states no energy can be created or destroyed it just transform from one body to another...every sun rays or light rays or any other form of electricity eventually transmitted to earth n then we dont know ....this solar panel is a form of direct energy production....since all the energy is transmitted into earth ,the earth is bound to get heated during summer n vice versa.....nw understand the nature of sea level ...sea level is below in many countries ....so whtever electricity is transmitted in earth from which it is transferred into sea understand land and sea breeze....u r nt utlising electricity from water n directly putting pressure of mre heat on solar panels ...so water remain hot n gets mre hotter and evaporates ...this will happen to ur iceberg too ...it will start melting if mre heat is used...nw understand one thing if sun rays are in direct contact with iceberg if melts from above ...wht will happen if heat from below causes iceberg to melt from inside....there is a reason y we all accept newton theroy...earlier it was a renewable source now it seems it is nt ....i guess it nt getting clear so understand one concept wht happen when we touch ice or boil water ....nw wht will happen if u walk barefoot on road at 40'celsius or 10'celsius when ur body temperature is 37'celsius...ur scientist can understand this theroy....so better build some submarine or flying houses if water eventually acquires ur land .....commerilastion means betterment of the land n i think solar panel mite nt be a rite way to use just for business purposes afterall who what to leave their land ...solar panel mite cause destruction to ur land specially ice related land first...other country mite use this as an exception mite nt continue with solar panel if n when destruction occurs...solar panel is one of greastest achievement in world history if used wisely or mite prove the greastest weapon of mass destruction whoknows ....lets hope thing dont get bad.....
What if the Sahara desert became a place that produces hydrogen specifically for export to Germany?
Electricity to hydrogen (the water may be from the Nile or some other river), hydrogen to ammonia (for better storage and transport), ammonia on tanker, tanker to Germany, ammonia to hydrogen, hydrogen to pipelines, hydrogen to electricity or to homes.
If the world was willing to let North Africa become the cente of energy, rather than leave it in ruin because of the dying petrodollar, peak oil being the coffin's nail, then Germany and Europe won't have to be self-sufficient.
In fact, the Sahara can produce 4 times all of Earth's needs.
Automaschine mit die robota
Nuclear energy does not fall in the energy transition in Germany. I do not know why. Yes there have been some accidents that could have been easily preventable. But that is no excuse to avoid the greatest generators of electricity out there: uranium and thorium.
+Arber Gega
Oh I think there is one little excuse for not using nuclear energy:
*What shell we do with the waste, for fucks sake?*
Thousands of tons of toxic and poisonous wast. Not to mention it will emit deadly amounts of radiation for *millions* of years.
I'm willing to live in a house with bricks made out of crushed old wind turbines but I want to see your face when the truck stops in front of your house to deliver you a can of nuclear wast.
+Keyboard runner We can use the waste in fast breeder reactors,also,Thorium is a byproduct of the reactors we use now.Ifn you wish to learn more look LFTR up on Google.
+DANIEL DANET
Yea.... the LFTR-concept doesn't seem to have worked out well in the past. Very few expertes for nuclear energy share the hype for thorium with the "fuck yeah nuclear power"- mainstream movement. Not even the GenIV-Project is considering LFTR-reactors very useful.
So I'm still going with the renewable energy idea.
Reprocess to get rid of actinides, Remove Tc 99 and I 129 using something like Notre Dame Thorium Borate-1, vitrify it and leave it in a geologically stable place. After a few thousand years, radiation would be below the activity of orebody. There are probably already more radioactive places on earth. The risks of radiation are overstated, and blown up my mass hysteria, IMO.
+Arber Gega If the world were to go to uranium reactors for 100% of it's energy the world has at most 10 years of uranium. Also the uranium plants are solid fueled and we already have 77,000 tons of highly radioactive waste already.
No operational commercial thorium plants exist.
If solar and wind are capable of providing 1000% of any possible need Germany will ever have for energy, why use nuclear?
Chernobyl has made 1100 square miles of the Ukraine uninhapitable forever. Does Germany have a 1100 square mile area that it can spare if something goes wrong with a nuclear plant?
Nuclear is a DEAD END, and it has the potential to kill many people along the way.
They have more than 1.5 million renewable power plants for a population of just 81 million people. That is 1 power plant for every 54 people and they only produces 27% of the energy required. That itself hardly sounds a financially sound prospect but those figures are projected to provide 100% renewable energy there would be a staggering requirement of 1 renewable power plant for every 13 people.'
most of those 1,5 million are just small solar pannels people put on their homes to reduce their electricity bills. and thats not gonna power the industry.
+Phlizz If that is the case then the producers of this advertisement are disingenuous in their use of the term "power plants'
Amazing country!
I made it with Avasva handbooks !
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Sounds too much like an advertisement :(
It is an advertisement. It is selling the renewable power industry and has no real concerns about saving the planet or anything other than making money from selling the industry.
My several projects devices of renewables energy generation are highest and betters in the world.
Only 27%? Over 50% of Denmark's energi already comes from renewable energi sources.
in Germany live 83 million people and it's one of the most powerful economys.... I think there is q big difference between Denmark and Germany. Germany is a project which is far bigger
Fair share of renewable. But I heard that Denmark has the most expensive electricity in the EU
+Numeric Bin yes but I don't think that it is because of the renewable energy... it think that Dänemark buy a lot of energy from other countries and because of that it is so expensive! Like in Italy...
No it's because we have a PSO tax which helps fund new renewable energy sources. If we did not have that tax our energy would be among the cheapest in the EU due to our high amount of green energy.
Denmark started the same project Germany has now started 20 years ago. I do not think, we can wait for Germany to prove they are the "real thing". There should hopefully happen something prior 2050 in other countries.
Les centrales a charbon??
Germany's electrical generation is in transition alright: the French have never been busier building nuclear power plants to supply Germany with reliable electricity as they phase out their nuclear generating capability ... and ramp up their coal-fired plants to "supplement" the un-reliable, "sustainable" alternatives.
It's not true that France has never been busier building nuclear power plants. They were much busier in the 80s and 90s when most of their plants were built. It would be interesting if they did it again to get the rest of Europe off of coal and gas.
It is 80% cheaper to make coal and nat gas power generators emission free. But no, you want to build an entirely new power infrastructure using pre industrial age ideas. This world is doomed!
german co2 emissios are rising! so much for energiewende. should have stayed with nuclear
Is that true ?
I read that too, that Germany emits more CO2 now than 20 years ago.
@@laurier3348 absolutely. Just check the statistic for yourself. Sweden and France have the lowest CO2 emissions in europe bcus they have nuclear and hydro power. Solar and wind is weak and variable and will always need a backup. Meaning solar and wind will never get completely rid of fossils.
Converting water to gas is very inefficient.That alone takes double the amount of energy needed to run A reliable grid.Same as batteries.
You should also know that at peak times when the air turbines in the nord of germany produce above-average amount of electricity (in windy periods), the transmission network is incapable of handling it and the electricity is then adversly affecting the transmission network in the Czech republic as the electricity is rolling over it's network infrastucture which (may) cause blackouts and requires very costly counter-measures that Germany doesn't seem to care about at all.
Get rid of coal at last! This is the only way you / we can reach the goals for 2030.
Can't agree more! We need to shut down the oldest and dirtiest coal plants as soon as possible. :)
That didn't age well did it? 🤣
nice commercial but far from reality, we (germans) shy away from the biggest changes and investments.
Reminds me of Sim City
thats what i thought too.
gomenaros I
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Two years ago Portugal had 60% of it's power come from renewables -.-
+guiamaro97
lets compare the amount of energie of Germany and Portugal need ;)
You will see there is a bit of a difference there ^^
I am well aware, and I'm also aware most of the renewable power Portugal cosumed came from hidroelectric sources, which arguably every member state of Europe already exploits to capacity. I was just pointing that indeed there are such countries that already extract most of their power needs from renewable sources ;)
Iceland is close to 100% rewneable
+Bastardette iceland has volcanos, heated pave walks and almost free heating of houses(without taxes), so Iceland does not count ! Iceland cheated ;)
Portugal is a MUCH warmer country with MUCH more sunny days per year. ;)
Congratulations to the willpower and determination of German ingenuity! Germany is truly the land of ideas. However, let's not get carried away with such idealism. The reality is that Germany, similar to Japan, is only able to invest heavily in renewable sources of energy because it spends much less on maintaining a military budget, although it isn't exactly zero. It is America that effectively protects countries like Germany and Japan with its large military footprint on their soil, both of which are top world economies and investing in clean energy. Germany, similar to Japan, is also an aging society. Notice we barely see any younger "millennials" in this video, only older folks. The point here is that a society should not lose sight of natural processes, as it tries to manipulate nature for its own benefit. If Germany continues to take advantage of America's protection, then there will definitely come a day when the American Empire will collapse, taking along with it German innovation in the civilian realm, because at that point, Germany will need to heavily spend on building up its defense and military expenditure and deviate from renewable energy technology. Furthermore, Germans are some of the oldest people on Earth with a really low birthrate. If both trends continue, how will Germany continue to innovate, unless of course they open their borders to immigration? See how this conversation is already becoming politicized, as is the case in present-day Trump's America? I respect Germany very much, this country is a leader of the world in many aspects of civilization! But the reality is that the European Union is already showing signs of fragmentation, and once the American Empire recedes from the European continent, not to mention the Euro being a threat to the hegemony of the US Dollar and the uncertain future of NATO, Germans will need to reevaluate their priorities. The American people elected Trump out of frustration and disappointment in their own government, because they view their own country as serving the interests of other nations before its own citizens. It's difficult to predict the future, but the American-led world order is quickly coming to an end in our multi-polar world in the 21st century.
The way forward.
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Quite ironic doing so much for renewable energy yet being powered by more than 60% of electricity coming from coal.. They're going the right way, but they do need to reduce the carbon emissions, and they need to do that quickly
How come the rest of the world is dragging their feet and Germany needs to do it quickly??
Doug Mcdonell The thing is, everybody has to do it quickly. But as of today, when one of the most powerful countries is powered by coal (the USA too), they need to shift towards fully renewable quickly. Because people that use electric cars (mostly rich people in rich countries) to "reduce carbon emissions", power them by electricity that comes directly from coal plants..
How to get 95% of the energy gone...ASAP. Make engine that is 60% that can run on fuels, Natural Gas AND battery without electric motors. No hybrids... That engine can enable boundary layer drag reduction that can cut drag by 50% or more. For example. Tesla now gets 100 mpg e. Make new car that is 1/2 the weight and 1/2 rd the drag...200 mpge. That is 10 times more than a car now gets. City will be twice (400 mpg) if it maintains efficiency like the Tesla does. On natural gas at $1/gal that is around 1/2 cent/mile. In contrast, electricity in Germany is 30 cents/kw-hr or $10/gallon e. 10 x 2 is 20 times less to travel via my new car with new engine. When batteries drop in weight and increase in power density, then they can be used to power the car for short trips, thus using mostly renewables. People will buy this as they won't have range issues and can get Natural Gas from house. The engine pumps the gas. Why pay 20 times more when you can have it much sooner? Politics? Oh, I forgot, the well connected have to fund their jets. Sorry, go back to sleep....
Watch Audi the next 2 years
Also Mercedes has the only engine,who is 50% effective with fuel.
But no,we are in for a new energy source.
And that not electrical.
Jan54, the key is low power efficiency, not at the high power levels where the 50% figure is had. I would guess the Mercedes engine is only 10-15% at city driving and 20-30% highway, not 50%. Also, they need to use low cost Natural Gas and even H2. read my tweets at twitter.com/seaplaneguy I explain how the Mercedes engine is flawed in the basic layout. There is a better way
Haha,i let that open.
Its the formel 1 engine of there f1 car.
That has the throttel most of te time wide open.
Very special and smart engine.
www.motorauthority.com/news/1112999_mercedes-amg-f1-engine-achieves-50-percent-thermal-efficiency
Jan, You missed the point I was making. The technology may be ok for racing, but racing is not valid for street cars. No car needs 1000 hp. They need around 5 hp city and 20 hp highway steady speed. That means the throttle is mostly closed and the thermal efficiency is very very low. The idea is you compete against electric vehicles by having constant efficiency all across the power range, not just at full throttle as you say.
You are wrong,the have a special combustion part in the cylinderhead.
There the inject a rich mixture,and in the cylinder the inject a poor mixture.
In the combustion part is also the spark plug.
If the ignite the spark plug,the rich mixture flames the poor mixture easely.
So it a very efficient poor mixture engine.
Ja ja 🇩🇪 und der Rest der Welt ?
Wenn nicht alle mitmachen ...
Rough rice is not coming from sky
Tasty
America and Switzerland thanks you Germany 🇩🇪
Massive failure to get rid of nuclear instead of coal. France has been low carbon for so much longer than Germany, because of nuclear!
To be more specific, Germany has never been low carbon and is still far off.
Yeah we Germans love renewable energy. It's great as long as the energy pipelines, turbines and solar fields aren't built where we live. Each time a plan is drawn up local communities protest.
3:50 it sounded like they said: "about to lose my son"
Meanwhile America over here like "OIL PIPELINES FUCK WATER"
a good thing domocrates have made made
And it failed hard! Germany is going down with their step back in electricity production! People are cut off the electricity grid because their electricity bill never was this high! They can't pay it anymore! Very sad!.
Dude please stop bullshitting. No one's been cut off from the electricity grid. Ridiculous anti-renewable bullcrap. "Very sad!" Donald, is that you?
Picobyte Bullshit. When someone is not dumb as shit, he has no problem with paying the bill, not at least because we have a social framework, what assured u can live on low level.
Tell that to the people in debt.
Picobyte Usually People in debt aren't so intelligent... But they also can get social benefits in a loop way.