It's a page-six type story, but it's an interesting twist on German electrical grid trends.
So, a number of years ago (maybe a decade)....Norway came to realize that Germany was going to have a shortfall of power in the future. Part of this blame goes toward the anti-coal attitude for power plants, and part goes toward the anti-nuke power attitude. Toss on the fact that a lot of German communities don't want wind generators erected in their backyard.
So the Norwegians grinned and said....we can build the win generators off in valley regions with almost no population, and just sell it to the Germans.
An underwater cable is being laid (roughly 500 km). A 1,400 Megawatt situation will be the result in the end. Finished? Sometime in 2021.
Ending in higher cost for the German consumer? Yes....without any doubt. Germans can't work the magic to build the wind generators, or run power-plants with coal/nuke energy.
The one and only type project like this? One might go and assume in the next decade that a second cable will be laid and Norway doubles the wind generators. Then they'd pass the cost onto the German consumer even more.
No comments:
Post a Comment