Power generated this year by onshore and offshore wind in Germany exceeded the amount of electricity coming from hard coal and nuclear plants for the first time, the Fraunhofer ISE institute (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems) said on its website.
Hard coal production was paused in preference for lignite production, which is dirtier but cheaper to run. Nuclear production went offline for extended periods.
German onshore and offshore wind power has an installed capacity of about 54 gigawatts -- outstripping all other main sources of power capacity. About 46 percent of Germany’s generation came from wind farms on Thursday, 23 November 2017, according to Wind Power Europe.
Read full article from Bloomberg Technology. By Brian Parkin, 25 Nov 2017.
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