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By: Renewable energy production stagnates in Germany in 2016

Renewable energy production stagnates in Germany in 2016 — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:19:17 +0000

[…] Agorameter and Fraunhofer’s Energy Charts only cover some 90 percent of all power generation (see this report as well). So Agora and Fraunhofer (and the AGEB) adjusted upwards to cover the gap. But then, […]

By: Renewable energy production stagnates in Germany in 2016 – Enjeux énergies et environnement

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By: Hans

Hans — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:57:03 +0000

@MGR: Actually energy intensive industries in Germany are mostly exempt from the EEG surcharge. At the same time they can buy electricity very cheaply, because renewables bring down electricity prices via the merit-order-effect. It would be very silly for German industries to leave the country as long as they can profit from this indirect subsidy.

P.S. Writing in all-caps is the equivalent of shouting. It is not very polite.

By: MGR

MGR — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:48:30 +0000

SOLVE THE “POWER FOLLOW DEMAND”-PROBLEM!
This should be you primary goal now.
Start solving the core problem instead of running behind goals set by some uneducated politicians.
Industry is leaving the country every day as the decision-making management has no certainty on energy price and supply security for their planning period on new production sites. This process is steady and hidden and will result in “blooming landscapes” in few decades instead of industry and jobs.

By: Ulenspiegel

Ulenspiegel — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:42:46 +0000

“Another explanation for the rise of gas could be the greater need for fast flexibility, with gas turbines simply outperforming all the other conventional sources.”

You miss IMHO one explanation: CHP

As long as a high share of the electricty generation with gas comes from CHP power plants, which have to burn NG to fullfill their heat contracts, the increase could simply be a result of a slightly colder winter.

By: Michael Becker

Michael Becker — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:42:09 +0000

According to data from eex-transparency.com production from lignite was 67.2 TWh in the first half of 2015 and this year is 64.7 TWh. As Niederaußem K (BoA 1) is in maintenance since April 30, the difference easily can be explained by different maintenance intervals.
Comparison for hard coal is much harder as this year more companies are reporting on eex-transparency.com. In the first half of last year 41.5 TWh were reported, while this year 46.6 TWh were reported. For gas it’s 11.4 TWh last year and 11.8 TWh this year.
Because ISE is using the same data and tries to adjust by using some factors, I think we really have to wait for the official data from AGEB.

By: mahdi

mahdi — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:12:59 +0000

The cost of gas fell. That should be the main reason of gas rebound.

By: Staffan Reveman

Staffan Reveman — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:28:18 +0000

I expect from Fraunhofer that you do not mix up “power” with “energy”. What you show and write about is energy and not power. If we talk about power we have a big problem with PV and wind. In the early morning today we had 0 (zero) GW power from PV and 1 GW from wind – almost 100 GW is installed. A “balanced” figure is not possible as long as almost no storage capacity is available. Today German Industry can not be “up” without conventional power plants.