Saturday, January 25, 2020

Germany: growth as well as de-carbonisation

From a nice graph pack by Clean Energy Wire:

The German economy has grown even as emissions have fallen.
If they can do it, we can too.

Renewables started off slowly (they were very expensive), but growth in recent years has been rapid

10 years ago, renewables were under 20%, 20 years ago under 10%. 50% by 2022?  70% by 2030?

Some countries (e.g, Norway) have high renewables penetration because of hydro.  To some extent, Denmark and Sweden rely on imports from Norway.

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