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    Der Vorstandsvorsitzende des deutschen Energieversorgers RWE veröffentlicht einen verzweifelten Beitrag über den Zustand des deutschen Energiesektors, nachdem eine 12-tägige Winddürre zu einem Anstieg des MWh-Preises auf +800 € geführt hat


    Der Vorstandsvorsitzende des deutschen Energieversorgers RWE veröffentlicht einen verzweifelten Beitrag über den Zustand des deutschen Energiesektors, nachdem eine 12-tägige Winddürre zu einem Anstieg des MWh-Preises auf +800 € geführt hat

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    33 Comments

    1. TeodorDim on

      Germans gotta rediscover religion and start praying for wind and sun. If only there was a kind of clean energy with massive output.

    2. raptoos on

      Oh no.

      If only Germany had ready to use source of stable, clean energy, maybe these prices wouldn’t be so high.

      Unfortunately, only thing they have left is praying to gods of wind and sun. Maybe ritual sacrifice or something could help?

    3. mrobot_ on

      Where they not burning coal like crazy on top of and in parallel to renewables, specifically to catch any of that???????

    4. FiveFingerDisco on

      Did I miss the part where he explained why the gas power plants of his company that were built to react to exactly those situations weren’t doing what they were supposed to do?

    5. Independent-Slide-79 on

      I geh his point but whats his solution? Wait years to build nuclear back up? Run more expensive coal mines?
      The only real way would be to massively build out renewables and even more storage

    6. Rockyshark6 on

      Who would’ve thought replacing planable electricity with unplanable electricity would lead to unforeseen consequences. Nvm, it wasn’t unforseen for anyone who wasn’t a green ignorant.
      I’m so happy our green party in Sweden made a fool out of themselves and our government now is working towards nuclear.

      Late shall the sinner awake

    7. Moosplauze on

      Okay, so he is making a big deal because something could in theory have happened but it didn’t happen and it has never happened in the past, while every month we are making more progress to prevent the thing that didn’t happen to never happen anyways.

      Guess he likes publicity, maybe he should become a politician.

    10. defcon_penguin on

      It’s all a matter of a how many days of the year this happens. 12 days is just 3% of a year. You can’t have an energy solution that is more expensive 97% of the time and cheaper 3% of the time. You just need a good backup solution. At the moment that is gas storage and backup gas turbines.

    11. james_Gastovski on

      The CEO of a energy company wants more gov funds? Wow, thats something new. /s Gas-Powered Plants are for that scenario currently, why doesnt he use these?

    13. BeneBern on

      He is advocating for more expansion, and Germany does need that.

      And he will get that, German Energy Companies got plans for large amount of Energy storage, surpassing the foresight of the German government by more than 5 times.

      Also the solar build up is in good shape. The only thing lacking is Wind. This is mostly a bureaucracy problem. But companies do exist and energy providers pay good money for good people.

      So the future, while Germany is in need of imports in the short future, looks promising.

      And one more thing, those dark doldrums he is talking about do exist. And you can calculate them ahead of time. The worst one will always be during autumn. Every other doldrum is not as harsh as the autumn one. So his fearmongering is misplaced. And I assume he does this because of the upcoming German election. Although he has no reason to be worried.

    14. ontic5 on

      Unfortunately, I don’t have all the information needed at hand, but I see that he only talked about domestic production, not domestic production capacity.

      In other words: we imported electricity, but that was more likely the case because it was cheaper than using all our domestic plants and not because we didn’t have the capacity to produce enough ourselves. That’s how a market economy works.

    15. Let_us_flee on

      Politicians pushing Degrowth -> Cost of Living increases -> People suffer

    16. nameorfeed on

      I may be stupid, but does this post really have literaly nothing to say?

    17. RideTheDownturn on

      There is ZERO chance that Russia disinformation campaigns didn’t affect the public opinion in Germany regarding nuclear energy.

      Germany needs to dig deep, find some guts and get going on a MASSIVE energy infrastructure investment programme.

      The same goes for the rest of Europe!

    18. betterbait on

      Isn’t that the CEO of a company that keeps tearing down entire villages to make space for their coal quarries?

    19. Ightorn on

      Yes, the election discussions are started. CDU will exit of the exit of the exit of the exit from Nuclear power (if possible).

      Lets see what Merz will say during the election campaign.

    21. Hikashuri on

      They should also mention that when they were having issues with power, they will still exporting electricity to surrounding neighbours at an even higher price. Place batteries and your problem will be solved.

    22. Stolzor on

      CEO of one of the big 4 energy companies in Germany (and the one using the most coal) advocates for what exactly? Government aid probably? How about you spend some of your earnings, that literally doubled in 2023?

    23. HansDampff on

      Don’t be fooled, he is campaigning for his company. Althouh he ist not really stating what to do, let this be clear: he wants his company to thrive. Maybe he wants more government subsidies for his companies electricity plants. And for all the nuklear-heads: RWE strongly opposes extension of terms for the last nuclear plants that were shut down. These plants even in the best case could only produce 5 % of the energy demand and it would require huge investments even investing in new fuel rods. The shutdown would have to be halted like 10 years ago to make any, not just economically, sense.

    24. elPerroAsalariado on

      > Nationalize the energy sector

      BUT

      > Allow for industries (and private citizens) to allocate green energy (solar + wind) for their own consumption. You can even buy the excedent if required.

      Also

      > Kick the greens out, go back to nuclear

      BUT

      > For fuck sake go out of coal and stop with gas subsidies.

    25. unknown_user8888 on

      It’s alright, let us live in the dark, for the sake of the environment.

    26. M0therN4ture on

      Irrelevant, its the price for consecutive weeks that matters and impacts long-term pricing.

    28. Haunting-Compote-697 on

      15 Years of CDU/CSU hindering and ultimately destroying the national development and industrial production of PV and Wind energy projects and manufacturers. Thank you Angela!

    30. RefrigeratorDry3004 on

      We need better power cables in Europe, so energy can better flow to where it is needed. This domestic supply bullshit is why we’re losing the battle against climate change. Everyone only thinking about their own backyard.

    33. miijok on

      In Finland 10€ / kWh is quite normal, and he’s complaining about a price that’s 0,8€ / kwh (if I get how MWh and kWh relate). I don’t get it, that Sounds cheap in Germany!

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