Comments on: Why Germany needs a European Energiewende https://energytransition.org/2017/02/why-germany-needs-a-european-energiewende/ The Global Energiewende Tue, 14 Mar 2017 21:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: heinbloed https://energytransition.org/2017/02/why-germany-needs-a-european-energiewende/#comment-5269 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:18:53 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=14563#comment-5269 Why Europe needs a German Energiewende 😉

The SAIDI (average black-out time per meter) kept falling in Germany down to 12.7 minutes in 2015:

(in German)
https://www.check24.de/strom/news/statistik-stromausfaelle-europa-blackouts-deutschland-62278/

In 2014 it was still 13.4 minutes:

(in German)
http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/wirtschaft/sz-wirtschaft/Berlin-Atomausstieg-Stromausfall;art449428,6393918

The statistics show clearly: the more decentralized power generators there are involved (REs) the lower the SAIDI. Or as the green party says: the more atom power is in the grid the more likely a black-out looms.

http://www.france24.com/en/20170307-deadly-storm-Zeus-leaves-600000-without-power-france

4 atom reactors were knocked out in France on Monday:

https://www.edf.fr/groupe-edf/qui-sommes-nous/activites/optimisation-et-trading/listes-des-indisponibilites-et-des-messages/liste-des-indisponibilites

17 atom reactors were registered as being impotent and are still so as of today.

]]> By: Dénes CSALA https://energytransition.org/2017/02/why-germany-needs-a-european-energiewende/#comment-5241 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:21:27 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=14563#comment-5241 Without proper policy synchronization, a badly timed energiewende might lead to increased emissions https://theconversation.com/germanys-plan-for-100-electric-cars-may-actually-increase-carbon-emissions-72997

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