Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants

Orionblamblam said:

Power failure: tens of thousands of households in Berlin without heating and hot water​

Yeah, you sure don't want to have an excess of powerplants that aren't weather-dependent. That would be *crazy.*
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This power outage has nothing to do with power stations (regardless of their type). City officials said a worker on the Salvador Allende bridge renovation project accidentally severed a critical power connection at about 2 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Tuesday, cutting off energy to the city's eastern district. Therefore, it wouldn't have mattered one way or another if they had an excess.
 
GTX said:
Orionblamblam said:

Power failure: tens of thousands of households in Berlin without heating and hot water​

Yeah, you sure don't want to have an excess of powerplants that aren't weather-dependent. That would be *crazy.*
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This power outage has nothing to do with power stations (regardless of their type). City officials said a worker on the Salvador Allende bridge renovation project accidentally severed a critical power connection at about 2 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Tuesday, cutting off energy to the city's eastern district. Therefore, it wouldn't have mattered one way or another if they had an excess.
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While that may be true, slashing available sources of power makes blackoiuts almost inevitable. Especially when the remaining powerplants are based more and more on the whims of weather.
 
An interesting article on this subject:

abcnews.go.com

Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants

Germany has shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation
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Key points:

  • At least 3 of the reactors involved were first powered up in the 1980s so are now some 30 - 40yrs old;
  • The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the center-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002 and while a different Govt has been in place since, it shows that this isn't exactly a new policy; and
  • According to the Fraunhofer Institute, renewable energy sources delivered almost 46% of the electricity generated in Germany in 2021. Coal, natural gas and other fossil fuels accounted for nearly 41%, while nuclear power provided over 13%, thus let's keep this in context.
I would also remind people that the German public elected their new Govt only late last year and from what I understand (German members of the forum can elaborate further), Global Warming/Green issues were a significant part of the election - thus, whether members of this forum agree or disagree, this decision would seem to be in line with those sentiments.
 
publiusr said:
Orionblamblam said:

Power failure: tens of thousands of households in Berlin without heating and hot water​

Yeah, you sure don't want to have an excess of powerplants that aren't weather-dependent. That would be *crazy.*
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To steal a quote from Zubrin...the Green misrablists NEED global warming to be a problem..thus the atomic shutdown. With this outage...Greta just might get the tar and feather treatment.
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"A brief power outage at the state’s own electricity network operator Stromnetz Berlin had paralyzed the Klingenberg thermal power station in the Rummelsburg district in the afternoon, as the energy supplier Vattenfall announced."
 
GTX said:
The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the center-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002 and while a different Govt has been in place since, it shows that this isn't exactly a new policy
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It’s rather telling when you see which board Schröder currently sits on.
 

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