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Half of Germany's Power Supplied By Solar, Briefly

Posted by Unknown on from the now-imagine-if-solar-and-nuclear-worked-together dept.

assertation (1255714) writes with this interesting tidbit from Reuters about the state of solar power in Germany: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour — equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity — through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022.

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  1. More sunlight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but everybody knows they get more sunlight than the U.S... fox news said so ;)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYDVdqWOXxY

    @foxyloxy

  2. Re:Thanks for pointing out the "briefly" part. by BobNET · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does 22GW look like?

    About 18.2 De Loreans.

  3. After Fukushima? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

    The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022.

    I didn't realize Germany was in Tsunami territory.

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    It must have been something you assimilated. . . .