Germany phased out its entire fleet of nuclear reactors over the past years and hoped to rely on renewable energies, claiming they were cheaper and cleaner. [emphasis, links added]
However, the transition has not gone smoothly as grid revamping has not kept up and prices for wind and solar power have made German electricity among the most expensive worldwide.
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has warned that: “Germany can no longer turn its back on nuclear power and that a reorientation of energy policy is necessary. The government must reopen the debate on nuclear power.”
“Countries that have nuclear energy want more of it. And many that don’t have any want it,” said Grossi.
“The timing of his comments is no coincidence. Germany’s economy is suffering from energy problems while the government is consumed with internal disputes,” comments Blackout News.
“The political focus has recently been on the disputes within the coalition government, while the electricity market has continued to show new weaknesses.”
Blackout News describes how the prices of electricity “exploded” in early November during a period of calm winds and no sunshine.
This forced Germany to fall back on gas and coal (energy sources that the government is currently working to phase out as well).
“Fossil fuels supplied 71% of Germany’s electricity at the beginning of November – a figure that has not been reached for over a decade.”
Read the entire article here (German).
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German authorities should have a chat with Australia’s energy minister, because he knows a lot more about how to make cheap, reliable electricity from wind and solar, that is, according to him.
This guy is so clever he rejected an offer from the UK and US to join a coalition to develop new nuclear technologies, advising the group that nuclear energy is illegal in Australia. Wow. This man is so smart.
For the information of readers, Australia is heading one way in a downward direction and will be the Argentina of the South Pacific within few years.
This will happen to Australia unless the people vote the current socialist government out in their 2025 federal election.
Well, somehow Australia is willing to go with nuclear power for their newest submarines. Guess wind and solar doesn’t work so well underwater but doesn’t work on land to produce power without any kind of emissions (I worked as a reactor operator on our US nuclear submarines).
Australia will be in a far worse position because of its size & many remote areas. We need to consider nuclear at the very least, which our greenie government steadfastly won’t do, because egos get in the way.
A Nuclear Power Plant don’t take up as much a a area as Wind and Solar dose and its not harmful to the Birds and Whales