Driving through the German countryside often feels like virtually navigating through the 3D rendering of a renewable energy company’s marketing brochure. The Energiewende paradoxGermany’s adoption of renewable energy has truly been revolutionary in many ways. These low and slow reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in spite of aggressive expansions of renewable energy is the Energiewende Paradox. Thirdly, even as renewable energy capacity has increased, Germany’s Energiewende has involved the decline in nuclear power capacity by 52% since 2002. People sceptical of renewable energy have argued that renewable energy cannot meet this “baseload” as supply is inconsistent through the day.

Source: Mint January 27, 2018 18:11 UTC