By Heiner Flassbeck, for the Energy Post. – January 10
Stable high-pressure winter weather has resulted in a confrontation. An
Energiewende that relies mainly on wind and solar energy will not work
in the long run. One cannot forgo nuclear power, eliminate fossil fuels,
and tell people that electricity supplies will remain secure all the
same. We have attempted unsuccessfully to find Energiewende advocates
willing to explain that inconsistency. Their silence is not easy to
fathom. But maybe the events themselves have made the outcome
inevitable. This winter could go down in history as the event that
proved the German energy transition to be unsubstantiated and incapable
of becoming a success story. Electricity from wind and solar generation
has been catastrophically low for several weeks. December brought new
declines. A persistent winter high-pressure system with dense fog
throughout Central Europe has been sufficient to unmask the fairy
tale of a successful energy transition, even for me as a lay person. Read on...http://www.theenergycollective.com/energy-post/2395990/the-end-of-the-energiewende
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