Renewable power share in Germany
7th of May 2025: 62%
Last 90 days average: 55%

Greece and Egypt reaffirm plans for a 1,000-kilometre undersea power cable.

Greece and Egypt have reaffirmed their commitment to a proposed undersea electricity connection designed to transport renewable energy from North Africa to Europe.

The project, estimated to cost around €4 billion, is expected to become operational within five years under an ambitious timeline set by both governments.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250507-greece-and-egypt-reaffirm-plans-for-a-1000-kilometre-undersea-power-cable?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

More than 40% of electricity used in #Australia’s main power grid at start of year was renewable #RenewableEnergy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/07/more-than-40-of-electricity-used-in-australias-main-power-grid-at-start-of-year-was-renewable

Major UK wind power project Hornsea 4 is shelved.

Developers have pulled the plug on one of the UK’s biggest offshore wind projects.

Danish renewables firm Ørsted said its decision to “discontinue” the 2.4 GW Hornsea 4 wind farm “in its current form” was a result of rising supply chain costs and higher interest rates.

A government spokesperson said the government would “work with Ørsted to get Hornsea 4 back on track”.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250507-major-uk-wind-power-project-hornsea-4-is-shelved?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Trump 's pause on #WindPower harming #NY ’s climate and economy, AG James says in lawsuit https://gothamist.com/news/trumps-pause-on-wind-power-harming-nys-climate-and-economy-ag-james-says-in-lawsuit

Biggest #WindFarm in #NSW officially opens as local network owner calls for more wind projects https://reneweconomy.com.au/biggest-wind-farm-in-nsw-officially-opens-as-local-network-owner-calls-for-more-wind-projects/

#Australia lays out red carpet for rapid #GreenEnergy transition. Can Labor seize the moment? https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-lays-out-red-carpet-for-rapid-green-energy-transition-can-labor-seize-the-moment/

Don’t hold your breath.

Capable of Powering 1.1 Million Homes, the First of 64 Offshore Wind Turbines Rises Above the North Sea https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/capable-of-powering-1-1-millon-homes-the-first-of-64-offshore-wind-turbines-rises-above-the-north-sea/

Why can’t #Australia do this?

https://www.europesays.com/uk/67264/ What Caused the European Power Outage? #Energy #EU #Europe #PowerGrid #RenewableEnergy #Science #SolarEnergy #Spain #WindPower

Grassley defends wind energy after Trump mocks ‘stupid windmills’ in Michigan speech https://www.byteseu.com/970773/ #Energy #ExtraIncome #grassley #iowa #kcci #ManyIowaFarmer #MichiganSpeech #MockedWindTurbine #MoreBird #PolicyChange #president #RenewableEnergy #StupidWindmill #trump #WindEnergy #WindPower

Search for the causes of the #blackout in #Spain and #Portugal are ongoing, will likely take some time, and (I suspect) will result at least one PhD thesis. Because major disasters like this never have a _single_ cause - several things have to go wrong for them to happen.

The _easy_ answer which I know is already going to be shared by The Usual Suspects is:

" #RenewableEnergy is too intermittent and our power grids cannot cope with them! We need to switch off #PV and #WindPower and return to a centralized power supply!"

And as usual, the easy answer is at the very least misleading, if not outright wrong. It _is_ true that renewable energy is more intermittent. But power grids can be made more robust to cope with that intermittency.

I don't know how this is done in Portugal and Spain, but here in Germany the #Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA, Federal Grid Agency) is in charge of regulating the German power grids. One of their recent efforts to make the German grid more stable is called "Redispatch 2.0".(*)

Under this scheme, the regional grid operators (Distribution System Operator, DSO) have to submit forecasts about their grids to the Transmission System Operators (TSO) - the companies that run the high- and ultra-high voltage power grids that connect different regions and countries with each other. These forecasts have to be submitted for 72 hours in advance, in 15 minute intervals, and be refreshed for every 15 minutes.

The TSOs can then aggregate all those forecasts and react in order to stabilize their grids. Options include:

If there is too much power generation, they can either reduce power generation or add some loads.
If there is too little power generation, they can either increase power generation or shut down some loads.

This should make it much more unlikely to trigger massive blackouts on that scale, or even smaller ones.

Another problem is that many PV installations, especially smaller ones, do not have the physical infrastructure to shut down if there is an excess of production - they just send their electricity into the grid, whether or not the grid can handle it. But this, too, is in the process of changing - it is now mandatory to install so-called Smart Meter Gateways with all such installations, and these gateways also have secure channels that can send control signals to the PV installation.

All this is still a work in process and not trivial by any means, but it _is_ possible to make power grids more resilient for renewable energy. And this is desperately needed for the #EuropeanUnion - we have little fossil fuels of their own, and most suppliers are increasingly authoritarian if not outright hostile to us. The sooner we get independent from outside energy sources, the better.

(*) Full disclosure: Redispatch 2.0-related products are a major product line for my employer.

#Renewables #PowerGrid #SolarEnergy
https://www.kyon-energy.de/en/glossar/redispatch-redispatch-2-0

Is there any expert/enthusiast of wind turbines in the fediverse?
I really need to talk to someone to exchange ideas, experiences...

#rwe #windpower #renewableenergy #trump #GlobalEnergy https://electrek.co/2025/04/25/global-energy-giant-rwe-halts-us-offshore-wind-because-of-trump/

The UK is in talks to buy back nuclear sites from French firm EDF.

The UK government is in talks with its French counterparts about purchasing back three nuclear sites from state-owned energy giant EDF, as Whitehall looks to take control of the upcoming expansion of nuclear power.

The move would come as the UK mulls the most ambitious revival of nuclear power in a generation.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250425-the-uk-is-in-talks-to-buy-back-nuclear-sites-from-french-firm-edf?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

I'm sure this puts me in a minority of one, but I really like seeing wind turbines. I don't think they ruin a view at all.

Look at these little bueties. Those are keeping the lights on.

They're a testament to human ingenuity. We've built a device that turns wind into electricity, and stood it up in the ocean a mile out to sea.

I don't think we appreciate how downright miraculous so much of the infrastructure around us is.

Every time I see wind turbines or a solar farm, it gives me a tiny bit more hope for the future, so I think they're gorgeous.

https://www.europesays.com/2021890/ European Energy Costs Plunge Following Winter Peaks #ElectricityRates #EnergyCrisis #EnergyMarket #europe #EuropeanEconomy #EuropeanPowerPrices #FossilFuels #NaturalGasCosts #RenewableEnergy #SolarPowerGeneration #WindPower

Why wind farms anger rural Spain, and the wine producers fighting turbines on their turf https://www.diningandcooking.com/2033354/why-wind-farms-anger-rural-spain-and-the-wine-producers-fighting-turbines-on-their-turf/ #Aragon #CleanEnergy #galicia #LaRioja #PedroSanchez #RenewableEnergy #spain #SpanishCountryside #SpanishWine #WindEnergy #WindFarm #WindFarms #WindPower #WindTurbines #Wine

Wind turbines in the Great Lakes could provide a significant amount of renewable energy to Ontario.

Opinion: I didn’t know that Ontario has a moratorium on offshore wind power.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/offshore-wind-great-lakes-1.7513207
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Les éoliennes dans les Grands Lacs pourraient fournir une bonne portion de l’énergie renouvelable en Ontario.

Opinion: J’ignorais que l’Ontario avait un moratoire sur les éoliennes «en mer».

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The expansion rate for wind power in Germany has increased significantly at the start of 2025.

In the first quarter of 2025, wind turbines with a capacity of 995 megawatts were newly commissioned in Germany.

This is the highest figure since 2018 and around two and a half times as much as three years ago.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250420-the-expansion-rate-for-wind-power-in-germany-has-increased-significantly-at-the-start-of-2025?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward