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> Wind most certainly isn't base load. The German government's scientific service, for one, disagrees with you.

• rsynnott 9y ago
  Do you have a link to an article on this? My impression was that Germany was trying to move away from base load as a concept entirely, using unreliable renewables plus highly responsive fossil plants instead.
  • 0xfeba 9y ago
    They moved away from Nuclear. However, now they import power from France, etc. Which has Nuclear and fossil fuel plants.
    • luca_ing 9y ago
      In 2016, Germany was a net exporter of electrical energy: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/153533/umfrage/stromimportsaldo-von-deutschland-seit-1990/ https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/153533/umfrag... However you're right that Germany was a net importer from (among others) France: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/180862/umfrage/stromaustauschsaldo-deutschlands-nach-partnerlaendern/ https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/180862/umfrag... Which is surprising as I remember reading that France has tremendous difficulties satisfying their electricity demand, especially in winter (lots of electric heating apparently).
  • luca_ing 9y ago
    Here's the link: http://www.tab-beim-bundestag.de/de/untersuchungen/u140.html http://www.tab-beim-bundestag.de/de/untersuchungen/u140.html It being a German government publication it's in German unfortunately. As far as I can tell from skimming it your impression is correct. So I apparently misremembered the article, and my claim about base load a few posts above may be incorrect after all. Sorry, rsynnott.