Comments on: Germany May Replace 17 Nuclear Power Reactors With Wind Power Farms http://inhabitat.com/germany-may-replace-17-nuclear-power-reactors-with-wind-power/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: rfmarine http://inhabitat.com/germany-may-replace-17-nuclear-power-reactors-with-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-384267 rfmarine Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:58:11 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=235641#comment-384267 To minimize the amount of greenhouse gases, what germany should have done and what every body else should do is to first expand renewables. Then as you are able to produce extra electricity from renewables, you are able to one by one shut down un needed non renewable power plants. To maximize greenhouse gas reduction, you prioritize which plant you shut down first. Priority would be given to plants that produce greenhouse gases - fossil fuel plants. Nuclear plants would be last in line. Although you slightly increase the risk of a nuclear plant accident by this, you also maximize the greenhouse gas emissions decrease. The accident chance is already so small and the current status of climate change is so bad that this risk is worth it. AFAIK germany has already shut down 8 nuclear plants. Maybe they should have first shut down 8 coal plants instead. Also, this report does not mention the huge expenses involved with renewables, including new transmission lines. The areas that are windy are quite far from industrial centers To minimize the amount of greenhouse gases, what germany should have done and what every body else should do is to first expand renewables. Then as you are able to produce extra electricity from renewables, you are able to one by one shut down un needed non renewable power plants. To maximize greenhouse gas reduction, you prioritize which plant you shut down first. Priority would be given to plants that produce greenhouse gases – fossil fuel plants. Nuclear plants would be last in line.

Although you slightly increase the risk of a nuclear plant accident by this, you also maximize the greenhouse gas emissions decrease. The accident chance is already so small and the current status of climate change is so bad that this risk is worth it.

AFAIK germany has already shut down 8 nuclear plants. Maybe they should have first shut down 8 coal plants instead.

Also, this report does not mention the huge expenses involved with renewables, including new transmission lines. The areas that are windy are quite far from industrial centers

]]> By: F-E-V http://inhabitat.com/germany-may-replace-17-nuclear-power-reactors-with-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-311808 F-E-V Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:14:36 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=235641#comment-311808 140 TWh in 2010 replaced with 10 MW (20-30 GWh) wind turbines in the North Sea. Germany has a lot of industrial giants like SIEMENS capable of making it to the 2020-2050 timeline, but 5000 to 7000 wind turbines to replace just 17 steam turbines requires vast resources (both workforce and materials). In reality, Germany may replace reactors with efficiency supplemented by all renewables. 140 TWh in 2010 replaced with 10 MW (20-30 GWh) wind turbines in the North Sea. Germany has a lot of industrial giants like SIEMENS capable of making it to the 2020-2050 timeline, but 5000 to 7000 wind turbines to replace just 17 steam turbines requires vast resources (both workforce and materials).

In reality, Germany may replace reactors with efficiency supplemented by all renewables.

]]> By: lazyreader http://inhabitat.com/germany-may-replace-17-nuclear-power-reactors-with-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-311656 lazyreader Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:50:20 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=235641#comment-311656 If your gonna replace a reactor with windmills, it'll take nearly 10,000 windmills to substitute the capacity factor for 1 reactor. Where the hell are you gonna put 10,000 windmills?!?!? Let alone 170,000 Germany needs, Let alone the million + it may need to replace all their power needs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHZKo13HV2A If your gonna replace a reactor with windmills, it’ll take nearly 10,000 windmills to substitute the capacity factor for 1 reactor. Where the hell are you gonna put 10,000 windmills?!?!? Let alone 170,000 Germany needs, Let alone the million + it may need to replace all their power needs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHZKo13HV2A

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