Jimmie Åkesson (SD), and Mattias Bäckström and Johansson (SD), writing about the shutdown of the nuclear power plant. In the article, they refer to the developments in our southern neighbour.
and then it says: ”in Germany, a large nuclear power nation, with the ambition of the Swedish government for a rapid transition from a fossil-fuel-free nuclear energy to renewable sources of energy. The trend in this country, however, is not at all as expected, and it is something that we should all take a lesson from. Due to the rapid expansion of wind and solar power, in combination with an early phasing out nuclear power, are now in Germany to produce ” dirty electricity from both coal and gas to make up for those days when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun don’t shine. The result? Increase in carbon dioxide emissions.”
Let us look at what has happened in the past. Below I am showing the data for the production of electricity from coal, natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy for the years 2011-2019. I chose the year 2011 because that was when the Fukushima disaster took place, and Germany decided to phase out its nuclear power plants. The figures relate to Terawatt hours per year.
a : from 266 to 171 and, therefore, -91.
a : from 86 to 91, then +5.
a : from 108 to 75, so -33.
a : from 124 to 244, then to 120. (including solar and wind power has increased from 69 to 173, and, thus, +104).
the Source of the figures, can be found here – the numbers are for the year 2019 is still in the preliminary.
and , in particular, solar and wind power, as well as the significant reduction of coal-fired power stations over this period of time. The growth of renewable energy has been so high that it actually corresponds to the combined reduction of coal and nuclear power. It is estimated that carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation decreased by almost 30%.
in Conclusion, several brief observations: It is to be noted that, in the year 2019, was an extra bad year for coal, which is partly explained by the fact that the EUROPEAN union’s emissions trading scheme, will now work more vigorously. The price of emission allowances is now so high, about € 25 per tonne of carbon dioxide, the profitability of coal-fired power stations are plummeting. The use of coal-fired power stations as well. For a more detailed explanation can be found here.
the Country exported more in the year 2011.6 TWh in the year 2019.37 in the lease. These exports are helping in a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide, as in other parts of Europe.
It should also be noted that the German investment in solar and wind power, have played a very important role in the cost of these technologies has dropped so dramatically. Now, investing in several countries, strong in the sun and wind, even with relatively small changes to subsidy schemes, and this contributes to the reduction of emissions throughout the world (see, for example, in this project, in Chile). These technological developments are increasing our ability to solve the problem of climate change.
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