According to the data gathered on energy-charts.info, the first half of 2023 saw the lowest production of electricity by fossil fuels since 2015. With 387 TWh (31.7% of load) from conventional sources it surpassed the previous low for a first half year of 400.9 TWh (32.1%) in 2020 by nearly 14 TWh or 3.5%.
At the same time renewables provided for more power than ever with 519.3 TWh providing 42.6% of the load.
Other records for a first half year in 2023 (see the bottom of the energy-charts page):
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lowest nuclear power production
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lowest fossil peat production
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lowest load
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highest pumped hydro usage (consumption+production)
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highest offshore wind production (23.922 TWh)
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highest onshore wind production (195.399 TWh)
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highest solar power production (98.698 TWh)
This marks a notable shift towards green energy compared to the first half of 2022: renewables increased from 488.8 TWh in the first half of 2022 to 519.3 TWh in the first half this year, while fossil fuels decreased from 475.3 TWh to 387 TWh.
Seriously. You can’t make an omelette without splitting a few atoms, at least for now. Especially since at the moment it’s fairly straightforward to look at our carbon emissions and figure out that if we don’t switch to nuclear our ecology won’t last long enough for disposal of nuclear waste to be the thing that kills us.
Sure, Germany just proves the opposite, but, whatever, who cares.
Imagine trying to shill german energy policy as some sort gold standard after after invasion of Ukraine and the cluster fuck it caused for European energy markets.
Jfc… Learn something for once.
How is that industrial production coping now that you can’t collaborate with a hostile regime?
Using coal and Nat gas as back bone still? Thanks for polluting.
Antie merkerl really set y’all up for success 🙄
You are entirely correct. The energy policy of hamstringing wind and solar development for 5 years was terrible. Turns out that even with a hostile government, the technology was able to follow through on replacing all of the nuclear reactors that were EOL and replace a third of the fossil fuels.
Imagine how much better it would have been without people like you sabotaging it?
Still burning fossils tho?