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  How dense do you need to be to understand that germany is a NET exporter meaning we export more than we import. The electricity crisis is not of german make. We are importing a ton of electricity from sweden and export it further in the european net. We export to austria, swiss, france and Poland. If you want to complain, I suggest not picking the country with the biggest electricity export in europe this year
context: why the fuck am i paying 45 cents for a kwh then, jesus christ. >
  
  How would that poor RWE chairman pay for his private island otherwise? >
  
  
  While Switzerland and Austria were the main export destinations, in a notable shift Germany exported more to France than it imported as the nuclear-reliant country grappled with technical problems at its reactors that curtailed production.
  Germany's export surplus grew to 27.5 terawatt hours (TWh) compared with 20.8 TWh a year earlier, according to utility industry association BDEW - in tune with a handful of other recent comments. >
  
  It’s good to see the European energy market at work, but unfortunately Germany also had to increase burning coal to achieve that. >
  
  Only by about 7 percent compared to 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. >
  
  Germany uses Hollywood style accounting to shuffle significant lignite coal power production into its solar ledger. Takes a whole day to switch over when weather changes but they count it all as 100% solar.
  Their solar investments have been GREAT for the technology. But it's been pretty shitty for power output.
  They have spent more than California and produce a fraction of the power. Why? Simple amount of sunshine. 
  Solar in Germany is all about feelings and wishes and nothing about math. The earth is not flat.
  Put that shit in Spain and import it. Much cheaper, much more efficient. >
  
  And Sweden having to export to Germany to fill the demand >
  
  why the fuck am i paying 45 cents for a kwh then, jesus christ. >
  
  To simplify: Because to stimulate the growth of renewable energy and to secure energy accessibility, in the early EU there are several agreements in place for the energy market - for example to always pay the highest price of the energy mix that is currently in use. Cheapest are wind and solar, followed by other renewables, coal, nuclear and finally the most expensive: gas. If energy demand is too high, German gas reactors go live, and even if you’d receive 90% renewables and only 10% gas you’d pay 100% the gas price for all of it. 
  This is why there are reforms discussed in the EU with the plan to implement them in 2023. >
  
  Yeah, I hope they hurry the fuck up, because I can barely afford to keep the fridge running. >
  
  You should replace it with a stationery one or cut off the feet. No one needs a running fridge. >
  
  
  While Switzerland and Austria were the main export destinations, in a notable shift Germany exported more to France than it imported as the nuclear-reliant country grappled with technical problems at its reactors that curtailed production.
  Germany's export surplus grew to 27.5 terawatt hours (TWh) compared with 20.8 TWh a year earlier, according to utility industry association BDEW - in tune with a handful of other recent comments. >
  
  Where the hell is all that power then .. the bills shot into the stratosphere ! The energy sector is the new oil Trading it seems >
  
  Many EU countries essentially built their grids with Russian natural operating as its backbone.  Getting off  Russian gas is looking more and more a certainty than a year ago when it was viewed as just theoretical. But that doesn't mean it hasn't come as a huge cost. Importing natural gas from the Middle East and North America or maximizing European sources (Norway and Scotland among others) comes with increased costs. Also getting more natural gas from overseas require additional LNG terminals and that is all being paid for by European utility customers.
  Renewables also are very top heavy when it comes to their costs. The initial act of buying and installing them and updating the grid to handle their energy production is a big up front cost. The long run savings come after because wind and solar with facilities with routine maintenance can reliably provide several decades of electricity generation while needing smaller crews to maintain them. Other power facilities such as NG, coal and especially nuclear need large, very highly trained crews at all times for successful operation. >
  
  It’s good to see the European energy market at work, but unfortunately Germany also had to increase burning coal to achieve that. >
  
  Only by about 7 percent compared to 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. >
  
  Thanks to coal i would say >
  
  You would be wrong then. Germany has been exporting electricity since 2003 mainly due to wind >
  
  Germany uses Hollywood style accounting to shuffle significant lignite coal power production into its solar ledger. Takes a whole day to switch over when weather changes but they count it all as 100% solar.
  Their solar investments have been GREAT for the technology. But it's been pretty shitty for power output.
  They have spent more than California and produce a fraction of the power. Why? Simple amount of sunshine. 
  Solar in Germany is all about feelings and wishes and nothing about math. The earth is not flat.
  Put that shit in Spain and import it. Much cheaper, much more efficient. >
  
  
  Put that shit in Spain and import it. Much cheaper, much more efficient.
  
  Yeah, because the last year has taught us that it's totally no problem to depend on another country for half of your energy needs. >
  
  It’s feasible, you just need to use a giant laser to beam the energy to its destination. Or you could use wires. >
  
  And Sweden having to export to Germany to fill the demand