Did Europe overcome its energy price crisis thanks to renewables? | DW News
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- Is Europe's gas price crisis finally over? Wholesale natural gas costs for the continent have fallen to levels not seen since late 2021 - and several months before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. High gas prices have been a major driver of inflation across Europe. The knock-on effects of the war and sanctions against Moscow saw them hit record highs in 2022. But an unusually mild winter that's seen temperature records broken in many countries has meant lower demand than usual, allowing wholesale gas prices to tumble.
As it tried to make up for lost gas supplies from Russia, Germany used more renewable energy than ever before in 2022. However, it still failed to reach its CO2-reduction goal, according to the energy think tank Agora. Agora's report suggests the share of renewable energy in Germany's overall power supply mix has reached an all-time-high of 46 PERCENT last year. Favorable weather conditions for wind and solar power played a significant role. However, more than a slight increase in renewable energy production was needed to prevent Agora's other major finding - that Germany's CO2 emission reduction has stalled. It produced almost as much greenhouse gas last year as the previous year - partially because of the reactivation of coal plants to make-up for lost gas from Russia. So is Germany doing worse with its energy transition than it should be?
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I had a look at my gas consumption so far 2 days ago, we have used roughly 40% less gas compared to same time last year. The combination of mild weather, turning the thermostat down to 19c, and a wood stove as a secondary heat source has made a big difference 😀
Here in Portugal it's way warmer than in Denmark, but our houses are always colder than yours. RIP
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Here in the Netherlands we use electric heating and electric cooking now.
And the costs remained the same..
WHO say the energy crisis is overcome??
Prices are still up 300%-400% in 2 years
That prices are not up 1000% any longer does NOT mean the problem is solved...
would that be wood from chopped trees that were planted to offset carbon emissions?
I would think the unseasonably warm weather so far has a lot to do with it
Pssssst
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Don't let facts spoil greenies 'victory lap'.
@@dinaion8582
Now that you got that non-sequitur out of the way...
For now; thank global warming; when its snowing in the middle of march or april 1st it a different story :-)
About what I expected to happen
Short term problem as Europe diversifies its energy consumption
Long term Europe comes out ahead and is less dependent on Russian oil/gas
The only reason this became a problem in the first place was that Russian oil/gas wasn't the best answer to Europe's energy needs, it was just the easiest
Now, Europe is looking at better long term options for energy independence
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Hard to say that though when we still bought 100 billion+ of fossil fuels from Russia in 2022. We are acting like we got here without Russian gas when in truth most of the gas we used and put in storage since february was still from Russia.
Gas prices still expected to almost double again this year so i'm sure we're not out of the woods yet by a long shot. My government is pulling help for energy bills after q1 this year so if the gas prices double this year ill be 3x worse off than 2022.
Diversity to coal is kind of backwards, but affordability is more important in the short-term. Ending the war through negotiation is a better long term strategy.
By independence you mean American&Russian&Azeri,Quatari LNG/gas as well as coal,wood&nuclear(for the latter even the US is sourcing uranium from Russia!)..
.awesome. so we spend a shtload of money end up with nothing to show for and manage to move all energy intensive manufacturing from europe to either America or Asia. Good job so far on that.
_"Short term problem as Europe diversifies its energy consumption"_
It sort of depends what you mean by "short term" a decade??
The problem IS NOT energy per say is is PRICE of energy.
Without Russian gas Europe would not have ANY gas in storage.
Even though electricity prices are not up 1000% any longer but only are up 400% in 2 years...
That is still MUCH TO HIGH, European industry will not survive this and there really is no other solution than Russian pipeline gas.
LNG is INHERENTLY 2x-3x more expensive than Russian pipeline gas because of cooling / re gassification / transports AND have a carbon footprint 2x-3x higher than Russian pipeline gas out of the same reasons, actually comparable to just burning coal...
Russia HAVE been a very reliable energy supplier, ANY supplier you sanction WOULD react similarly.
Look at the USA... a part from the fact the do not have LNG enough to replace the Russian gas
NOBODY have.
The 3 largest LNG suppliers (Australia, Qatar, USA) export around 300 billion M3 of gas/ year, this gas IS MOSTLY ALREADY SOLD on longterm contracts (Yeah Norway, but they already sell all their gas to Europe)
Russia sold 150 billion M3... so the gas to replace this simply DOES NOT EXIST.
Who say USA is a reliable supplier???
More exports to Europe means higher prices in the USA, there has already been talk about an export ban to lower US prices AND THAT WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TIME.
Remember in a similar situation (1970's) USA instituted an export ban on oil THAT WAS IN EFFECT until 2015 so this can very well happen again.
Apart from that, the problem is THE PRICE, industry simply can't afford it.
This would mean no steel, Iron, Aluminium, Glass etc production in Europe AT ALL, all energy intensive industries will be (ALREADY ARE) priced out of the market.
Where will Europe import this from??? Russia? China?
From one dependency to another...
This problem IS NOT "Solved" it will get MUCH WORSE.
Remember, the price of Natural gas sets the price of electricity in Europe... NO MATTER HOW this energy is generated.
Even General winter told Putin to eff off.
The UK gets 41% of it’s electricity from wind.
The fact that there's a war in Europe, insane increases in cost, inflation and yet. It has only stalled while maintaining a stable political environment. That's incredible.
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That's because Europe initiative towards renewable did helped to carry the burden here.
As our winters were indeed mild, we've had winds and storm instead.
So the windmills did their job plenty as the solar panels..
All of this was to be expected to happen anyway as most so called ''experts'' believed that Europe would run cold into a freezing winter and all that nonsense..
But we could expect a February Winter fall..
Do you know most powerful country in europe? Its usa, thats reason EU still exist
@@zalayashpalsinh5427 Europe was thriving hundreds of years before USA existed. Sorry troll
@@zalayashpalsinh5427USA exists and maintains hegemony only because Europe backs it up…!
Thank you Mr. Putin, the great unifier of europe.
His name is Putler.
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You are welcome!
Putin is also a great coal salesman! 34 million tons of additional lignite combustion in Germany alone!
Germany’s coal burning is not only caused by lost gas from Russia but also phasing out clean nuclear power!
Statistics don't make any sense. 46% renewables?? If you count coal as renewable than yes. 46% makes sense.
„Als erneuerbare Energiequellen gelten Bioenergie (Biomassepotenzial), Geothermie, Wasserkraft, Meeresenergie, Sonnenenergie und Windenergie.“ (Wikipedia, Erneuerbare Energien in Deutschland)
Wind is 23% and Solar 10%.
And we are talking about electricity generation.
The more industries you close, the less gas you need.
the number of insolvent companies in Europe in 2022 wasn't really higher than usual. Employment has actually gone up in many EU countries.
The gas storage levels are currently even filling up:
Dec 20, 2022 87.2% filled
Jan 3, 2023 90.7% filled
Yes, gas prices are high, but I'm not afraid that the gas storage tanks will run out this winter.
Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency) publishes "Gas supply status report" with useful diagrams.
Buy high sell low!
they are filled because most of the energy intensive industry closed down (some of it permanenelty & moving to us/asia). There is nothing to cheer for in that regard.
@@schnelma605 Today, the Federal Network Agency issued a press release declaring a gas shortage to be increasingly unlikely.
They are filled because Europe imported gas from Russia till 1st January 2023
Don't look behind the curtain at the Coal Plants 🤣
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Next year, new renewable, storage, and district heating will reduce the need for fossil fuel further.
hopefully in a decade we will barely need any fossil fuels
@@jebbo-c1l projections are that in a decade half of new cars will be ev's but half will still be fossil fuel.
And some industries (steel, glass blowing, ceramics) really need some kind of gas or coke heating.
But we can reduce it a lot.
@@macmcleod1188 Steel is getting pretty close to being able to use Hydrogen instead of Fossil fuels for production. I don't know enough about glass or ceramics to know about them.
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@@brynphillips9957 some pilot products start in 2026 but, "Coking coal may have only *two more decades* in the steel-making process before green alternatives such as hydrogen replace it, according to Australian coal and metals miner South32 Ltd.Aug 24, 2022"
Gaslighting is different than lighting with gas.
If only we could use gaslighting as a energy source, we got enough of that gaslighting.
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@@buddy1155 you are being crazy
no it didnt - it over came it with LNG from the mid east and the USA. and people not using electricity - renewables didnt suddenly just show up and oh yeah - carbon is not a pollutant
Due to renewables ? In winter ? Don't think that coal is a part of renewable energy like it is used now on Germany or Poland.
You can always shave off some demand side by insulation upgrades, thermostats etc. Easier weather, helps. But in reality you can't control weather, so you have to overbuild by planning for worst cases which might arise. Doing that is more important than proclaiming what percent of generation came from renewables as it'll vary too much by year - gross production though should be moderately stable numbers. It's disturbing to know that government processes are slowing introduction of renewables into the power grids - same in the US but they're working on it in various sections of the grid - the largest renewables generation from wind is ERCOT (90% of Texas) - they've done quite a bit of work in that grid to speed up introduction - mostly of solar of late and that's providing some mid-day support for wind (which tends to drop during the day in the summer). You guys are smart in Europe, go make things happen !
Meanwhile UK: Your bills are going high again, just not as high as planned... So be grateful
Also, Brexit was the best decision we've made in decades, So be grateful!
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@@jaja3359 It's the knuckle draggers that were like "our grandparents survived the blitz, they can survive Brexit"
It's sarcastic by the way, probably the worst decision in decades
Brexit means no LPG price rises to worry about in UK - lets see how Germany gets on later this year.....
Full LNG tankers are backing up at European ports so as soon as more LNG terminals can be built, the world LNG market can deliver to European countries to make them free from Russian energy.
Where will the gas come from?
@@juspetful it comes from the USA, Canada and Qatar and there will be more supliers in future i believe
@@abobanger9054 and its "only 3-5" times the cost the already existing russian pipeline gas had. Great! Lets switch from one stategic dependence to another.
@@abobanger9054Australia has vast amounts of LNG it can ship to Europe.
So can I please ask on how much more the EU is paying for LNG ? And how is that free from anything.
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Nobody else is this adaptable-period. Screw this extortionist and his puny gang. We cut ties with them not the other way round.
Yep! Ran, Putin’s loss of Europe as an investor and trading partner will hurt Russia more than losing Russian gas will hurt Europe!
relatively good report. Something very important was said , higher electricity generation due to favorable weather conditions. Hence in the next years if the weather is not favorable more coal will be needed obviously and germany already made the experiment with the prolifiration of renewables to generate more energy and it failed due to weather conditions. So more renewables is not an essential solution that solves the problem
Usual BS it was overall successful no one says 0% usage of fossil fuels, but you reduce enough to no need Russia. On extreme weather, we're the fossil fuels failed in Texas. They try to blame the renewables due to the financial interests, but the fossils fail to deliver more than twice the energy they supposed to than renewables.
46% is a remarkable feat but it musks the reality that there was less consumption of energy from natural gas in Germany 🇩🇪 in 2022 by shutting some manufacturing plants and reducing domestic consumption by households due the high prices of electricity which will increase the share of renewable energy in Germany 🇩🇪.
The 46% is only about electricity. I don't think households saved a lot of electricity. The energy savings are more about heating. And which manufacturing plants where shutdown?
@@sebastianstadler4799 Lots of industrial plants are being forced to close. ArcelorMittal has been rendered so uncompetetive by gas price hikes that they shut down their furnaces in Bremen and are committed to moving production to Asia and USA. The last silicon refinery in Germany is also closing due to high gas and electricity prices.
Keep hearing that the cost of oil and gas is much lower, so why is the price of food shopping staying so high? After all the price increase was meant to be because of much higher transportation costs???
Because the food companies prefer to keep the prices at the same level and just increase their profits rather than lowering the prices : >
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@@empireempire3545 source?
Most energy companies buy their gas 1-2 months in advance, so it takes a little time before the lower prices reach the consumers.
@@thegreatdane3627 prices dont come down
The key is the competitiveness of Europe industries for the next decade. High energy cost is not going away.
Don't celebrate to early , lets see on the long run what will be the outcome .
If the answer depends on the next 3 months being mild, then no it is not over.
Not necessarily, seeing as 30+ days of normal gas consumption's worth of storage is available on tap to every EU country. Combined with the 90+% fill rates of such storage in every large EU nation, this means that cold snaps and the like will not produce chaos and catastrophe. It means that there might be a price increase, but disastrous ones are unlikely.
No, it is not over but we are on the right path! Probably, the worst is already past us.
Now we need to keep.noving forward to make sure we will be fine next winter too.
No the worst is not behind us, bills will go up again no doubt. Specially when Europe gets the first cold spell of winter and Russia shuts off the gas. Then we’re boned.
@@emilebichelberger7590 ah?! In which planet do you live?
What do you mean with energy? Electricity? Heating? Mobility? Air travel?
Not thanks to renewables. Italy alone bought 50 tankers worth of LNG. I bet Germany bought 3x that.
And France made sure that its nuclear power system can export energy to other countries if necessary.
Hope they reduce heating and electric costs soon.
Basing your energy strategy on favorable weather conditions doesn't seem wise. Germany hurriedly building LNG terminals does make sense.
for two weeks in december renewables produced 5% of germany’s electricity . renewable energy is still highly intermittent.
Yeah more energy storage is needed to make it work.
@@thegreatdane3627 Yeah, storage via geothermal or hydrogen conversion needs to be part of the puzzle. But I'm also convinced we need to look at tidal power to ensure 24/7 baseload supply.
And on other cases 46% you need to take the average. You only need to produce enough to no need ruin the short term
But the people still pay high price on their bills. For sure price for population will not go down . Explain that mate !
Nuclear isn't renewable but it is the answer. Fourteen years of operation pays for the construction and financing of a nuclear plant and then it's all gravy after that.
It might not be renewable, but it’s hella green, much greener even that solar and wind, especially if you factor in the required storage to address the intermittence issue and the recycling of raw materials.
_"Fourteen years of operation pays for the construction and financing of a nuclear plant"_
If that's true then why is nuclear power so expensive, and why has the nuclear energy industry never functioned without gigantic state subsidies? Seems like it should be easy enough to get private investors on board.
@@HeadsFullOfEyeballs sir , you are spot on.
@@HeadsFullOfEyeballs A nuclear power plant costs 6 to 8 times as much as a natural gas plant making similar power and it takes 3 times longer to build. The first decade and a half are in the red, that's why it needs subsidized so hard.
The cost of the fuel and the relatively tiny amount needed means the nuclear facility will be insanely profitable it's just that it takes so long to get there.
@@HeadsFullOfEyeballs Also, 14 years *after start of operation*. Important, because plants nowadays take like a decade to build in the first place.😅
Coal to make up for the gas shortage ? I'm sorry...but in our country we still have 77% of gas left over because of mild winter. I think Putin didn't expect Europe to recover this fast. Also...we're never going back to Russian Gas.
EU imported fossil fuels from Russia till 1st Jan 2023
Sorry to disappoint Russia....
Yeah....EU imported fossil fuels from Russia till 1st Jan 2023
Really? Where you buy those with that price? Wonder why most of people in eu still complain about fuel and price crisis?
46% is less than 100% therefore: no, it’s not enough!
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Rofl, end of january is when we get our first highest gas and energy bills. Is it over? No its about to begin.
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I got my electricity bill yesterday. The price has been reduced from 27Ct per kW/h to 24Ct per kW/h.
Shameful for Europe. If warm and windy , we will survive
Disappointed but not surprised to hear yet another conversation about energy which makes no mention of nuclear power. Wind and Solar by their very natural will not, cannot provide baseline power 24/7, hydro is the only renewable resource which can meet that need and Europe is basically maxed out there. Baseline power will always have to be some form of fossil fuel or nuclear power, the layer of which is the cleaner, safer option. Any discussion of energy and climate change which leaves out nuclear is at best incomplete and at worst dishonest.
Geothermal can also be used in many more places than it is. You don't have to live in Yellowstone to use it.
I would agree. The reality is that much of Germany is simply not well situated for wind and solar production. They will certainly continue to be part of the mix, but we need to put down the kool-aid and acknowledge that wind and solar alone aren't going to address the need.
Hydrogen can be produced in massive amount as soon as enough production capacity is installed.
It can even be used in the the natural gas pipeline system to heat households in winter.
Already there are contracts made with Australia, Canada etc. to deliver liquified Hydrogen.
Your claims are ridiculous.
Nuclear fission cannot be used.
It's not possible to shut them down, when there's more wind or the sun is shining...
@@frankthetank5708 For people to fear nuclear, but have no qualms about compressed hydrogen is laughable, and ignorant. I'm not saying hyrdrogen is bad, rather that there are a lot of antiquated ideas about the safety of nuclear. In fact, I think both can be quite safe. Germany's stance on nuclear has allowed the ignorant masses and emotional arguments to dictate energy policy, rather than pursuing what makes for sound long-term energy planning.
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I don't know about fears in Germany.
Most people do consider nuclear fission as too expensive.
There's no reactor worldwide build yet, where there wasn't the money of taxpayers involved.
In addition there's the mentioned problem, that they don't work with smart grid solutions at all.
There's a complete windpark in the North Sea not connected to the grid, because the last reactor in North Germany is still producing electricity.
Finally some good news
Oh boy! Germany will still be Europe's economic powerhouse!
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Renewables are not enough. Nuclear energy is the only solution but unfortunately it's way too late for Germany and other nuclear ignorant countries to reverse their errors.
Simon Müller for Agora Energewiende conveniently forgets the role of shutting down clean nuclear power plants in increasing coal consumption. Maybe he thinks if he doesn't talk about it people will forget.
That had surprisingly little influence on emissions. Nuclear only made up a few percent anyway, and they don't synergise well with renewables, because they only offer a stable output. Nuclear meant that you had a lot of excess power production during windy weather. During those times, nuclear power is now replaced by wind power. When wind was low, gas & coal plants were always used as a backup, and they now also replace the few percent nuclear power when there's no wind.
@Faultier this is not the case. German plants meet the european electricity grid requirements for load following. They have for years ramped down as required to deal with excess wind and solar production which has grid priority, similarly over the border in France.
The firm power they normally provide has been entirely taken up by coal due to the cost of gas. It is no coincidence that despite greater renewable deployment emmissions have gone up the year 3 large plants were shut down.
It's worth comparing the carbon intensity of Germany compared to France. France is balancing a healthy nuclear capacity whilst expanding an impressive wind power capacity
Why isn't gas classified as a fossil fuel? It's ancient, previously carbon from the atmosphere trapped and resulting in CO2 in the atmosphere, when burned, just like oil and coal?
It is. It just burns cleaner and has a better Co2 footprint, if you conveniently ignore all the losses before the gas arrives at the energy plant.
Gas Prices back to 2021 level? That's very interesting cuz I pay my electricity bill for last 2 months for amount 485e, where the same time last year 195e. Tell me please when you will decrease electricity/gas unit price back to 2021 level?
It's when the energy companies get embarrassed of profiting of misery and poverty - so probably a couple of years at least!
Unless the EU or European states start shaming them and threatening fines and nationalisation, they'll feel their pockets and give money to their already wealthy stockholders.
LGN is 2021 level, but it is by default more expensive than cheap Russian gas. Europe was depending of it to keep economy going and didn't want to admit it. Now it has no choice.
@@playnochat what is LGN?
@@zalayashpalsinh5427 Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.
@@memofromessex A few years ago oil and gas producers were making record losses, now they’re making record profits. I see no problem with that
"46% of German Energy from renewables" is NOT true - I don't believe it. Even if we only talk about it as 46% of Electricity I doubt it can be true if we count hydro, Solar and wind turbines.
Is the including Biofuels? Because that is really ridiculous to call renewable when talking about grid scale energy.
This is also what I’m wondering. Biofuel/biomass *seriously* needs to get scrapped off of the green/renewable list because it simply isn’t.
No….
In spite of them. Thank the weather.
next winter will be the real challenge. We will need big home insulation, district heating, and renewable subsidies to rapidly decrease our demand and lower bills
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Buy/ invest in solarpanels, if you can... 🌞 Free energy the next 30 years 😃👍
Mika, agreed! And, batteries will get so cheap as alternatives to lithium are developed that utility monopoles will not be able to compete!
Subsidies are bad for the market and the consumer. It’s a temporary short term ‘fix’ and it causes more damage in the future
We don't need more subsidies for awful, unreliable renewables. We need to keep nuclear reactors running and start building new ones.
No
Once again no word about geothermal energy option. 🤨
The best way of countering climate change would be that everyone just stops wasting energies, and we'll all be good.
Overcome? It’s more like surviving day by day.
see this guy people? this guy is definitely not from europe lol
I got my electricity bill yesterday. The price has been reduced from 27Ct per kW/h to 24Ct per kW/h. That's the same price I paid in 2018.
Short answer. No
We need to be more energy efficient 💪
We are ' lucky ' to have some weeks of mild weather which reduces the consumption of gas for heating, but what about the coming summers which are each time warmer and extreme hot so a lot of electricity will be needed to cool down and will we be abel to manage that too ?
Solar says hi
the main problem was in the short run. favorable weather in that sense helped a lot. that gives European business, institutions and private citizens more time to make the necessary investments. I notice the truck of the solar panel installment company driving a lot lately. we're defenitely not out of the woods yet though a 50% increase in renewables is a good start
The EU will just ban air conditioning. They are already soft-banning air conditioning by making most of the subsidies only apply to air-to-water heat pump whis has no easy option for full air conditioning. Actually, I think Spain basically did ban air conditioning last summer by forcing all public buildings to set their thermostats to no lower than like 26C or something.
Thank God for Europe's mild weather, especially for Ukraine's sake.
Although that same mild weather is holding up Ukraine’s decisive offensive.
@@sophrapsune perhaps, not sure that they really have some large force which is not already engaged. Stops the Russkis from using their armor, too.
@@unifiedvision999 Yes, that battlefield factor cuts both ways.
its - 8 in Kiev right now which is not that cold for Ukraine but still dont forget the winters are never really mild there.
So, at least this year, one positive effect of global warming in Europe is the availability of, and reduced need for, natural gas used to heat homes and businesses this Winter. So, even if this is just a one time Winter event, it gives the EU a "one up" pass and another year to further develope more alternative fuel sources, which helps EU countries move further away from Russian dependency. "WHO'D A THOUGHT IT?!?"
... and heat pumps for private households are already booming, and the installation companies for rooftop PV systems are rotating with orders. Putin has basically done us a favor by kicking our butts to get our act together on renewables.
One mild winter is not “global warming”.
Granted, but it is opportune.
Thank God’s mercy to those who struggle for finances
Another thing Germany, and other countries could, should, do is commit to nuclear power, passive house and net-zero building standards for homes and buildings, push for more highspeed rail, allow for the development of rare earth mines across Europe, and nationalize the electricity sector.
agreed. in the Netherlands newly build houses are required to be "net zero". but how great would t be if we not only designed houses very well but also designed our gardens to be more productive for home owners and for people who rent as well. our houses can produce not only shelter from the could but also energy (solar and firewood, possibly biogas and wind in some area's) water (purified from rooftop runoff) food, medicines, building materials. you name it! when I look at a paved garden or one completely filled with stones because people don't want to take care of their gardens then I think "what a waste"
Nuclear power is obsolete and uneconomical. Passive House and Net Zero are already quasi-standard for new houses in Germany. Last month, the newest high-speed rail line between Stuttgart and Ulm went into operation. I don't know if there are mines for rare earths, but lithium will soon be mined in Germany. The power sector is not nationalized, but the grid is. There are many private energy companies competing for customers. - You see, Germany has already taken most of your advice to heart.
@@hape3862 Nuclear power is not uneconomical. It's firm power. It's exceedingly cheap and green. It's safe. It's a source of thousands of good-paying union jobs. It's a source of important process heat that heavy industries can benefit from.
When all things are considered, nuclear is hardly uneconomical. It's actually anti-science to keep repeating that.
@Hape right now germany emits approx 522gCo2eq/kwh
France 76gCo2eq/kwh
Source: electricity maps
Also nuclear power costs approx 40€/mwh
Energy prices are approx 150€/Mwh on euro spot
I understand it industry/consummer prefers reliable Energy provision.
Electricity produced cheaply at the wrong time is useless as it is not efficiently stored, germany has less then 10 gw of dam storage.
We do not need bigger border walls for electric power, but to see the whole grid as a place where we can swap storage and production of green energy.
It is really the only way to solve the future electric needs of various countries. It is quite a puzzle to make this work unless pricing and a free market shall control everything.
I believe we need government funding to make all the storage solutions needed. Let's say my country Norway can get "surplus" wind and solar from West Europe, we can use that energy to pump water into the large reservoirs. Then export it in periods of less wind or solar for a fee including the losses in pumping and transfer.
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Dry your eyes little girl.
Ok ?? Like Europe does not care about the world ? Thanks to Europe buying clothes from Bangladesh they are one of the fastest growing economies in the world for example.
Stop demonizing coal when you have to import natural gas from hostile nations.
It's hot ..not burning heater fuel
The agora speaker is very biased as it mentions non of the cost increase of wind and solar and the grid.
And not a Single word about the ongoing nuclear exit, that can be turned around.
Good afternoon! Thank you very much! They had many reasons for to postpone our decisions. Very sad for Carlos III and his family. The Queen Elizabeth 👑 not deserves all Carlos III 's damages.
Wow almost 50% that’s honestly pretty good guys. Get a nuclear plant or two and you’ll be safe.
They have already 2 nuclear plants...
Germany still has 3 nuclear plants, but they will be shut down by the end of march (or April)
Nuclear is only 6% of German power, A slightly expanded renewable sector and that can be written off
Where is their Uranium coming from?
@@andremurray47 your dads bussy
No worries US LNG is on the way! For our European friends we'll give you a discount!
Germany could done better if it cut off Russian gas sooner and moved more towards renewable energy and nuclear power. This could have been avoid IMO
If you didnt turn off nuclear plants, you would have more gas and less coal burning.
Thanks to recording temps from global warming 😂 😂
It's just start, far from over.
Maybe shouldn't have shut those 3 nuclear plants at the beginning of 2022 or in fact any of them since 2011. Absolute stupidity.
Here in South Africa we increased coal exports from 2021 to 2022 with 720%, we had 30km of trucks waiting to export coal. Crazy stuff happening here our exports is skyrocketing as we are importing from Russia and Exporting to Europe. Big win for us. Supply increase for us as there is 0 demand from Europe and America. Our petrol price dropped 10% yesterday
We dont import from Russia, fuel price went down due to dollar weakness and oil price easing.. spreading misinformation can result in your account being banned.
@@KashifKhan-ez8px We magically increased exports by 720% in one year :). do the math of what's going on behind the scenes
@@wayneshort3647 export of coal going up is well documented.. your insinuation that we import Russian oil is wrong though. In fact this has been checked before.. if it were the case our fuel price would be a lot lower.. almost 1/2.
Again.. stop with misinformation.
@@KashifKhan-ez8px You can't read I didn't mention oil once lol
@@wayneshort3647 “as we are importing from Russia”
On January 5, the Latvian State Security Service detained Sputnik Lithuania's editor-in-chief, Latvian citizen Marat Kasem, in Riga, he is charged with two criminal articles at once, including espionage in favor of Russia, which may result in a guilty verdict with a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. It is impossible to qualify what happened otherwise as the inhuman and vile terror of the Latvian regime against any dissent, the willingness to discard all legal frameworks and principles of a civilized state in order to deal with the objectionable.
Was it ever there to begin with? Or maybe they have been cautious to prepare for the worst, which didnt happen?
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@Li F you make a really good point, although i think it is mostly western media that is prone to hysteria. I noticed that the Danish government remained pretty confident through 2022, while Danish media was having a meltdown.
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I have a feeling that your gas is much more expensive now....
Despite the current price of gas. Being the same as last year. 😂😂😂👍
and in the next comment you make, you could learn about the english language and making sense of sentences :)
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Maybe you should ahve used nuclear instead of coal...
How? It takes 10 years minimum to build a new nuclear power plant. We reactivated the two-and-a-half nuclear power plants that were still in good enough condition, but that's not a huge amount of power.
No and Germany need to restart it nuclear fleet and keep them for years to come.
Germany has pushed Europe to this bad situation.
Let's be honest. We overcame our energy price crisis thanks to the warmest December in recorded history.
And while predictions are good it can still go terribly wrong in jan/feb
many more reasons than that, people and the government were prepared
Well was also preparation
Overcame? We’re still in the thick of it. Winter isn’t over yet and we haven’t had a cold spell just yet. When we do I believe Putin will cut or limit the supply to Europe. Then we’re boned.
Not a word about nuclear huh?
Germany import LNG from USA and Qatar, but USA and Qatar are using nuclear power for producing electricity and they never think to phase out nuclear and more than that both USA and Qatar have plans to build new nuclear power plants !!
The fact that Germany is silent about nuclear power is outrageous and the fact is closing perfect already functional nuclear power plants is totally wrong.
Your comment shows how little you actually know about the subject. Germany‘s NPPs weren’t perfectly fine, the security inspections were 4 years overdue because they were planned for shut down.
Germany also replaced all energy generated by NPPs with renewable energy several times over. Germany dropping out of nuclear has no negative effects, only positives
It about time to shift to renewable energy and detached from terrorist russian gas
Not enough renewables, just fossil fuel prices dropping, but all the while fossil fuels are still being used, putting out tons of CO2, means more and more food growing areas are being impacted by the climate crisis, so expect food inflation to replace energy inflation!
Germany has the dual honour of not only being the largest absolute emitter of carbon in the EU, it also emits more carbon on a per capita basis. Back in the 1990's, a third of Germany's power came from nuclear. If that were still the case, Germany would have among the lowest carbon emissions. But politics, as always, trumps science.
You can thank the conservative parties and coal lobby for that...
german energy use was the lowest last year since reunification. vw and many other major manufacturers are shutting down in germany and moving to china because of unaffordable energy prices in germany . it would seem your reporting is a bit disingenuous .
Hold on. This guy has a UA-cam channel right??
WHO say the energy crisis is overcome??
Prices are still up 300%-400% in 2 years
That prices are not up 1000% any longer does NOT mean the problem is solved...
Omg, it's robwords!
John 14: 6, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Germany is always disappointing when it comes to climate change mitigation.
it is obvious. German can go all 100% renewable
thank god for cars.
EU still using cheap Russian gas, wait until it begins to use expensive US LNG next winter.
Right Great Dane; do all Danes think like you ? The first day of winter is Dec 21st 15 days ago, it lasts till March 20th. So let me know when it reaches March if you are still doing well.
where i come from, the 3 winter months are December, January and February. But let's do the math anyway: Storage should last roughly 10 weeks when full, so 90% should last 9 weeks. 9 weeks from now is March 10, so we could almost make it to your deadline with storage alone. But the EU is still importing lots of gas, and also producing some ourselves. So there is zero chance of running out this winter.
3:42 BS, the federal german government does not have control over the local governments, private land owners or courts
The government can change laws. Never heard of that?
@@MetalheadAndNerd sure, but not this one. federalism is basic law.
Bavarians sometimes believe they were some kind of independent country but in the end German federal law applies to them the same way as to all the other states.
@@MetalheadAndNerd yeah, you are correct, Bavaria is indeed a Freistaat! a working one;) doesn't matter in this case, because neither the federal nor the state government has law making authority: der Flächennutzungsplan ist Gemeindesache.