Renewable energy sources are not anymore just the future but the present and Germany is maybe the most clear example of that.
From DW:
Power exports peak, despite nuclear phase-out
Renewable energy sources are booming in Germany, and electric utilities
exported more power in 2012 than ever before. But energy experts warn
that what sounds like progress has its downsides.
Germany began turning off its nuclear power plants 18 months ago,
following the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Since then, many in the
business and industrial communities and the general public have feared
that the country would soon be facing energy shortages and even
blackouts due to a lack of electricity.
Instead, Germany has produced so much electricity this year that it has
actually exported its surplus. In 2011, Germany was a net importer of
electricity, but this year, utility companies sent some 14.7 billion
kilowatt hours of power abroad, according to preliminary figures made
public by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW).
Cheap power from Germany
The rapid increase in power generation in Germany from wind, solar
and hydro, however, has been accompanied by an equally rapid decrease in
the price of electricity - and not just for German consumers, but also
for large customers outside Germany.
... continue reading at DW (h/t EneNews).
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