Why does eastern Europe get less sunlight?
UK has wind.
I’m taking east Europe for instance.
Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 3 months ago
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Less than Spain. There is a winter. Geography and suitable areas less common. Distribution network made for power plants.
Nuclear plants can be a better cost effective fit.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
It’s like 3 am there
ticho@lemmy.world 3 months ago
FWIW, Baltic countries are going hard for solar, see lemmy.world/post/17098210
blimpkun@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Baltics powered by Finnish and Swedish nuclear.
ticho@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Well, that’s a bald-faced lie. Maybe if we were only talking about Lithuania, which does import big chunk of its energy budget from Sweden, but Estonia and Latvia generate most of their energy on their own - and according to the linked article, plan to generate even more in near future.
blimpkun@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Context is everyting. You said they’re going hard for solar, which is a bald faced lie!
As of 00:00 on 19/07/2024:
So >1GW imported from SE/FI out of ~4GW total in the Baltics is imported from countries with 40-50% nuclear baseload.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Everyone is or at least tries to portray they are. Your article could be written for almost any country in the world.
But that doesn’t mean a country can be run on solar alone.
kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Who is suggesting solar alone?
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Many people seem to think that’s the idea. I don’t know about you, but when you frame the discussion as solar vs nuclear, that is what you are suggesting.
ticho@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No, the article definitely could not be written for any country in the world, because it lists concrete actions, numbers for past few years, and concrete plans for next few years.
But judging from your comments here and elsewhere in the thread, you do not care about discussion, and will move goalposts whenever it suits you. You are not a nice person. So, PLONK.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not true. You don’t seem to know much about energy policies in EU.
But well… Bye