The Netherlands and Greece were the top solar record setters, while wind power also hit new highs in May and June.
  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    US disinformation pigfuckers claimed it was due to intermittent power. No such conclusions were ever made, and there is no physical/tech challenge/impossibility to not have a stable grid with intermittent power.

    • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      the reason stated in the report was that base load failed to correct. it was a novel failure case, but very much related to a grid with intermittent power tacked on.

      of course there is no technical reason it wouldn’t work, but we are in the real world, where technical solutions are not implemented in a vacuum. the grid is yet to be completely retooled for intermittent wave-following sources, and accidents like this are how we figure out what not to do.

      also “us disinformation pigfuckers”? really? the us has a vendetta against spain now?

      • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
        31·
        2 days ago

        US administration does have a vendetta against renewables, and failure to buy US energy at extortion prices.

          • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
            31·
            2 days ago

            lng and crude oil, like rest of world is supposed to. Instead of setting “a bad example”

            • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              …but europe has never been a us gas or oil importer. that’s just not a market.

              • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
                21·
                2 days ago

                Europe has regularly imported oil from US even as it gets most of it from US/Israel middle east allies that easily replaced Russian supplies. Upon submitting to the US’s proxy war on Russia through Ukraine, NG prices in EU spiked and it got 50% of its supplies in 2022 from US LNG. The US’s determination for climate destruction requires pigfuckers telling EU that renewables don’t work, and it should depend on US energy supplies instead.

                • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  spain uses fossil fuels from lebanon. you’re talking about germany.

                  i’m sorry but the way you phrase yourself makes me uncomfortable. i don’t want to continue this.

                  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
                    21·
                    2 days ago

                    The reason for liars to lie about Spain is to bully/disinform rest of Europe and US public into going harder on FFs.