Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power: (via @TreeHugger)

Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power

treehugger.com 16 Jun '12, 5pm

Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power: (via @TreeHugger)

Here's how they did it, and how we can too This is what can happen when citizens and government agree that it's worth spending a bit more for clean, carbon-free power : German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity – equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity – through the midday hours of Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank has said ... Norbert Allnoch, director of the Institute of the Renewable Energy Industry in Muenster, said the 22 gigawatts of solar power fed into the national grid on Saturday met nearly 50% of the nation's midday electricity needs. That's right—half of all of Germany was powered by electricity generated by solar plants. That's incredible. It was also world record-breaking. Germany is pretty much singlehandedly proving that solar can be a major, reliable source of power—even in countr...

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@tulleuchen » 22 Jun '12, 10pm
Awesome - Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power : TreeHugger [link]
@Seangspence » 19 Jun '12, 3am
“@ScienceChannel: Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power: [link] (via @TreeHugger)” Australia lags, a bit!
@CostaZiomauri » 17 Jun '12, 10pm
Da pensarci!!! [link]
@MPBerardi » 17 Jun '12, 2pm
“@ScienceChannel: Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power: [link] (via @TreeHugger)” wtf are we waiting for?
@Johndevine » 17 Jun '12, 8am
If only we could learn......... [link]
@Redlin719 » 17 Jun '12, 5am
“@ScienceChannel: Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power: [link] (via @TreeHugger)” this is pretty crazy
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@m_kenkel » 16 Jun '12, 11pm
RT @l_smolz: Choosing green power despite the extra cost, go Germany! #forwardthinking [link] (via @ScienceChannel)
@l_smolz » 16 Jun '12, 10pm
Choosing green power despite the extra cost, go Germany! #forwardthinking [link] (via @ScienceChannel)
@TheLessonLocker » 16 Jun '12, 10pm
Again the Germans school us in clean energy. Last weekend they produced half their electricity needs from solar power. [link]
@ZapicoMarcos » 16 Jun '12, 9pm
RT @ramigoni: Un modelo que todo el mundo debería copiar: Alemania cubre el 50% de su grilla eléctrica con energía solar [link]
@ramigoni » 16 Jun '12, 9pm
Un modelo que todo el mundo debería copiar: Alemania cubre el 50% de su grilla eléctrica con energía solar [link]
@mari_t_h » 16 Jun '12, 7pm
FL needs 2 take a hint RT @ScienceChannel: Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power: [link] (via @TreeHugger)
@bobertAH09 » 16 Jun '12, 6pm
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"@ScienceChannel: Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power: [link] (via @TreeHugger)" so do my garden lights
@jerlkde » 16 Jun '12, 6pm
@tvrain @navalny Скоро нефть никому не будет нужна: [link]
@SeABaSS3386 » 16 Jun '12, 6pm
Last Weekend, Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power: [link] Germany setting the standard. We should follow!
@mikullas » 16 Jun '12, 6pm
RT @ScienceChannel: Last Weekend,Half of Germany Was Running on Solar Power [link] (produced 22GW ~ 20 nuclear power stations)
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RT @zaidalrayyes: تجربة ألمانيا لإنتاج كهرباء من الطاقة الشمسية تعادل ٢٠ مفاعل نووي لتزويد نصف الدولة بالطاقة [link]
@zaidalrayyes » 16 Jun '12, 5pm
تجربة ألمانيا لإنتاج كهرباء من الطاقة الشمسية تعادل ٢٠ مفاعل نووي لتزويد نصف الدولة بالطاقة [link]
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