Dunkelflaute last week and highly likely next week!
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Tombie
Just like around here.
More fans than you can poke a stick at, first hot day - all motionless. At which point they’re actually consuming power rather than making it.
We need alternatives for these higher peaks or it’s useless.
Urgently here and too late for the EU unless some divine intervention occurs
"With so little wind, Germany fired up its coal plants. At times last week it was producing 40% of its electricity from them, polluting as much as coal-hooked nations like India and South Africa. If nothing broke, it was because it wasn’t particularly cold.
From now on, the dreaded scenario is what energy professionals in Germany call a Dunkelflaute — literally meaning the dark doldrums, a period with little solar and wind electricity and high demand because of low temperatures. If a Dunkelfluate episode hits Europe — and some traders and meteorologists believe there’s a high chance of one this week or next — the region will be in trouble. "
Money flows can be assured? "Thomas Schaefer, one of the most senior executives at Volkswagen AG, publicly said what many other business people and policy makers had only raised in private. “When it comes to the cost of electricity and gas, in particular, we are losing more and more ground,” he said, warning that unless prices fall quickly, investment in Europe will be “practically unviable.”"
It will take years of planning and investment to fix the ten plus years of silly dreams and inability to count and forecast for many countries.
We have a little bit of a break IF silly walks ministry is not in charge. Not saying they are or aren't. I do see some hints they may be[bigwhistle]
