Tim W wrote:
"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Tim W
scribeth thus
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German Wind farms produced about 7% of the energy consumed in Germany in
2009. That is a heck of a significant delivery.

All of the time;?...


It's total, for the year.


Yes, they have an 'installed capacity' of about 26GW, which relates to
an average grid demand of about 72GW

It produces, *on average*, about 5GW. so a typical load average of about
20%, reflecting the fact that its onshore wind by and large. An
appallingly crap figure.

By my estimation *at best* it displaces 2.5GW of fossil fuel.

So a couple of medium (1.25GW) nuclear power stations only.

When Sizewell C comes online, (1.6GW) it will, together with Sizewell B,
(1.2GW) represent about 3 times the total installed UK wind power in
terms of average power generated, and probably save 6 times as much
fossil fuel.


Two nuclear reactors could easily have done Germany's fossil fuel usage
far more good than all the wind, and at a fraction of the cost.

Tim W