Exclusively Renewable Energy by 2050: Germany Says Yes!

Can you envision a country that plans to rid itself of both Coal and Nuclear Energy source-dependence? Germany is on track to do so:

Germany's Plan on video (8 minutes)

Germany is looking to integrate wind, solar, and biofuel natural gas to supply 100% of its power generation needs by 2050 (40% by 2020). Germany plans to phase out both Nuclear and Coal-fired power generation.

Hat Tip: Brad Ewing, Environmental Economics & Sustainable Development

Comments

[c!]

I dig it. I figured there were ways to build "baseload" using renewables.

Good to see you post again.

c!

[Dave Iverson]

Thanks C!

I've been despondent--coldest, snowiest winter in two decades here in Utah. And I spent three weeks with a bad cold, starting just after Christmas. So maybe I'm back in the saddle again.. We'll see. I did put up a post on my Forest Policy blog last night dealing with mythologies surrounding Forest Service Efforts to "restore ecosystems" purportedly disturbed by "fire supression", and other human-caused disturbances. Maybe I ought to cross-post it here. Here's a link in case you are interested:
http://forestpolicy.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/confirming-evid.html

PS.. Beautiful day today here in UT. Sunny and warm (just above freezing), and more deep powder to ski in coming in on Monday according to weather forecasters.

[Antonio Pietrangeli]

I really hope that the same goal will be foreseen here in Italy. I work as a hydropower engineer (http://www.pietrangeli.it) and unfortunately the bureaucracy still dominates the sector in our country and practically the opportunities are still extremely small.

[Larry Furman]

We could do it here too. The US could be 100% clean and renewable energy in 10 years - "clean and green by 2018" if we wanted to be. All we'd need to do is install about 225 gw of wind power and 75 gw of solar.

[Larry Furman]

I've been writing about this on Popular Logistics - http://www.popularlogistics.com

[Dave]

Hooray for aggressive action!