Comment on Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024 energy mix, with solar contributing 14%
ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days agoNorway has one of the lowest. And they don’t have only 62.7%.
99% of their energy comes from renewables.
In the USA, some of the states with lowest prices has the highest % of renewables.
Norway regularly has very high energy prices… in fact, they’re so high they want to cut exports.
The reason they’re high is because of the grid in other countries being hit by low wind or grey sky days, pushing up the minimum pricing that they’re also subjected to by being part of the same grid.
Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
To be fair, Norway and those states rely heavily on hydro, which is great if you have the geography for it, but it’s not a route that can work for every region.
Excluding hydro renewable sources tend to cost more currently, though that premium has been and is coming down.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Exactly. I grew up in WA, USA, and power was always quite cheap due to how much comes from hydro. Now I’m in Utah, and it’s only cheap because we use coal and natural gas (and produce a ton of the latter), though we’re replacing a lot of that w/ solar (turns out deserts get lots of sun) and prices are remaining pretty low.
Renewable energy will certainly look different in each region. I don’t know what would work best for Germany since I don’t know the geography very well, but comparing Norway to Germany isn’t going to be a productive conversation.