Proponents of
the Energiewende
( the German transition
to 'green' energy )
promote massive
investment
in more wind
and solar
power plants.
Wind energy protest group
MenschNatur reviewed
the increase in installed
nominal capacity in past years
and compared it to what
gets fed into the German
electric grid.
MenschNatur compared
installed capacity of all
German onshore wind turbines
from 2014 to 2018, along with what
got fed into their electric grid.
From the beginning of 2014,
until the end of 2018, there was
an increase in wind generator
capacity in Germany
from 33,114 MW to 52,422 MW
( a +58% megawatt increase )
More installed capacity,
yet less electricity output !
2014 capacity averaged 35,869 MW
but only 5718 MW (15.9%) was fed in,
on average, to the electric grid.
In 2016, over 3,500 MW
of wind capacity was added,
yet the amount fed into the grid
dropped by more than 500 MW,
due to calm weather conditions!
Output depends heavily
on weather conditions.
For January 2019:
Total installed sun
and wind capacity
= 105,000 MW.
But on January 25, 2019,
there was a windless night,
where almost nothing got fed
into the electric grid by wind
and solar power.
Not once was 105,000 MW
of installed sun and wind
capacity was
able to come close
to supplying
Germany’s peak
power demands
of 75,000 MW.
capacity was
able to come close
to supplying
Germany’s peak
power demands
of 75,000 MW.
In September, 2017,
the 53,000 MW
of installed
wind power capacity
was able to deliver
almost no electric
power for days.
Which means that
almost 100% backup
power was required
for a few days !
Wind energy
= expensive
and intermittent
electric power
= a big loser !