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MAKING RENEWABLE ENERGY
We Look at some similar event that happen in Europe this month as Germany’s electricity grid was swimming in renewable energy, so much that power prices turns to free supply. The country was generating so much renewable energy that, for some hours, residents actually earned money from using electricity.
The weather was actually the cause of this event because it was a sunny and windy day which allowed the country’s wind, solar, hydro, and biomass power plants to supply the nation with 87 percent of its energy.
Germany’s Gas plants was shutdown because of the momentary surge, but other electricity generation like nuclear and coal plants were unable to wind-down fast enough, causing extra supply. This extra power on this grid meant for a limited time, some consumers were been paid to keep their lights on.
The news brings hope that the promises made at the 2015 Paris Climate Summit will be kept. Germany has pledge to have its country’s electricity energy supply come from a 100 percent renewable energy source by 2050 and emissions 40 percent below what they were in 1990 by 2020.
Renewable energy has improve significantly in the United States, thanks to the lowering of costs to install solar panels combined with government initiatives. Some city like San Francisco recently passed an ordinance requiring all new buildings to have solar panels.Germany’s renewable energy surge is great news as other parts of the world continues to move toward a zero-emission economy. But countries like nigeria can be the first from africa to becomes to set its sight on renewable energy as they partner with the United States to improve electicity supply across the nation.
Portugal On Renewable Energy
portugal reach a major milestone in its effort to move to renewable energy system. The entire country ran on renewable energy for about a week without having to resort to fossil fuels.
In the late ’80s, Portugal brought a massive new coal-burning power plant online, and less than two decades later it was called out as being one of the largest producers of CO2 emissions in all of Europe. It ranked 13 on the 2007 list.
As it is now Portugal produced enough clean, sustainable electricity to meet the needs of its people. That’s thanks to a big push toward solar energy system, wind, and hydro power and the EU which issued a directive stating that member nations need to produce at least 31% from renewable sources.
Portugal’s was able to run on renewable energy for days without looking to coal or natural gas.
This is the second big win we’ve seen for renewable energy in Europe this month. Just about some weeks back the German government reported that the country produced so much renewable energy on a particularly sunny, windy Sunday that there was a surplus electricity. Gas plants automatically shut down during the surge, but coal and nuclear facilities couldn’t switch off as fast — so Germans were essentially paid to use the extra power out of the grid
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