Comments on: How Renewable Electricity Generation in Germany Has Changed (Chart & Statistics)

By: Solar & Wind Energy Overview −Solar Love!

Solar & Wind Energy Overview −Solar Love! — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:47:50 +0000

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By: Karl-Friedrich Lenz

Karl-Friedrich Lenz — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:40:00 +0000

These are interesting numbers.

If you try a search with “development of renewable energy sources in Germany 2011″. That should get you the recent 44 page PDF the German government released on all sorts of renewable statistics, which gives even more details about the situation.

By: ThomasGerke

ThomasGerke — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:48:00 +0000

I think you should look at those statistics more like this:
Going from a share of 1.7% of unconventional renewables to 17% of unconventional renewables within roughly a decade. A 10x increase within a decade.

Could the US do the same?
Oh most certainly. Considering the incredible natural ressources of the US and the fact that many technologies are now more than ready for action, I think it’s certainly possible. I would even dare to say that reaching 30% of unconventional renewable electricity generation over a period of 10 years would be a piece of cake if there wouldn’t be a favourable political framework like the german EEG.

By: sola

sola — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:12:00 +0000

Certainly.

As renewable generation technologies mature, their prices continually get lowered.

At a certain price point, there will be a huge boom and revolutionary change.

We are not very far from that point.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:22:00 +0000

Sure. And we almost certainly will.

The price of wind, both on- and offshore, and the price of solar continue to fall.

Concern over climate change grows.

Put those two facts together and installation rates for renewables will increase.

By: Soma Bhadra

Soma Bhadra — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:58:00 +0000

Renewables growth from 3% to 16.5% in two decades. Good, but can we do better than this?