The economics does not favor wind and solar. UK and Germany are energy quagmires. By decommissioning nuclear power plants, and sanctioning themselves against Russian natural gas, Germany is at the mercy of weather patterns. Solar and wind have capacity issues. In order to try to create a stable energy grid, they need to increase capacity well above the average production of energy. Even then, capacity will not be enough in unfavorable weather patterns, and by market forces themselves, because such capacity will drive prices negatively to where there is no profit to be made by selling free wind and solar energy. Industry isn't really powered by wind and solar, but by nuclear power, and natural gas plants.
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
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