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Record 1.2 gigawatts of new solar added in Germany in July::Germany connected solar systems with a combined capacity of almost 1.2 GW to the power grid in July, hitting a new monthly record and bringing the total solar capacity in operation to 75.1 GW

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[-] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I can’t wait to see how this solar will power their heat pumps in cold dark cloudy European winter :)

[-] johnnyb@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

by not being our single source of energy and our winters not being this cold, dark and cloudy.

[-] notapantsday@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago

Ever heard of wind power?

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

So smug. So naive.

This isn’t the gotcha you think it is.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago

the good news, due to climate change, the winters are currently not that cold.

I watched NYE fireworks in a tshirt

[-] sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago

Multi-source electric grids with cross-continental HVDC go brrrr

[-] andrai@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

The days where solar is at its weakest also happen to be the ones where eolic is at its strongest.

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