energy in germany - developed
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- germany is seen as a world leader for renewable energy production
- at certain times of years, renewable energy can account for 80% of energy generation
- germany has an energy project: energiewende
- involves a low carbon & affordable energy supply
- relies heavily on renewable energy & efficiency
- has spent $200 billion over 20 years
- recently invested in natural gas
- government argued that it will be needed to meet the future's needs
- non-renewable
- also re-opened coal stations which had been shut down
- gov said it was in response to the war in ukraine
- | developing sustainable energy resources
- pledged to be 100% carbon neutral by 2050
- | developing sustainable energy resources
- when conditions are right, they produce up to 85% of energy using sustainable resources
- | developing sustainable energy resources
- investment in sustainable energy has been so good that electricity prices had fallen into negatives as renewable sources fed so much power into the grid that the supply exceeded demands
- with no way of storing it, consumers were paid to use the surplus energy
- | wind power
- nordsee ost: offshore wind farm
- construction began 2012 & opened 2015
- winf farm will generate 1.1TW-hours of climate friendly electricity per year
- enough to power over 300,000 households
- | solar power
- bavaria solarpark is a 10MW photovoltaic (PV) plant
- opened 2005 & was world's largest PV plant
- cost $60 million
- generates more than 200 million kWh of renewable electricity in its first 20 years
- | positives for solar power
- renewable
- no fuel costs
- no harmful gases produced
- doesn't contribute to climate change
- however, production of it does
- | negatives for solar power
- expensive & inefficient so cost of their power is high
- source of materials isnt always ethical
- warm water can be produced even on cloudy days, solar panels don't work at night
- what was the offshore wind farm in germany called?nordsee ost