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Originally Posted by accord1999
That's only because they split coal into brown and black. German generation in 2015 was:
Hydro: 20.24 TWh
Biomass: 56.57 TWh
Nuclear: 87.07 TWh
Brown coal: 139.44 TWh
Black coal: 103.94 TWh
Natural gas: 29.95 TWh
Wind: 85.43 TWh
Solar: 36.58 TWh
https://www.energy-charts.de/energy.htm
Included in renewables is biomass, which includes the burning of wood. Classified as carbon neutral, there are many doubts about just how clean and sustainable it actually is. |
Sure, but we can agree that biomass is currently more desirable than coal no?
And the lignite vs. coal comparison is a German artifact. That's how they've broken it down traditionally as two separate sources.
And lignite is the dirtiest fuel. Over 1000 MW of lignite capacity is coming offline in Germany in the next 3 years that isn't being renewed.
Which going back to my earlier assertion that everyone is jumping all over is that in German, the US and China renewables are eating into coal capacity.