Doubled that in 8 months....maybe we can, too. Nah.. We Can't Do better then them, tho.
Two things happened last month to give us pause to reflect on clean energy. First, Germany added the equivalent of nearly 1 percent of its electricity supply with solar energy between January and August. The first 1 percent took 10 years to achieve; the next 1 percent just 8 months. Second, the author of this revolution, Hermann Scheer, died.
nytimes.com
Up to 7% wind now, too, but fortunately, We Can't Do much better than them, so we don't have to worry about catching up. Typo in the last sentence... should be taxes.
Offshore wind boom lowers electricity prices
Posted on Apr 25th, 2010
Twice this year the nation’s 21,000 wind turbines pumped out so much power that utilities lowered customer bills for using the surplus electricity. Since the first rebate came with little fanfare at 5 a.m. one October day in 2008, payments have risen as high as 500.02 euros ($665) a megawatt-hour, about as much as a small factory or 1,000 homes uses in 60 minutes.
The wind-energy boom in Europe and parts of Texas has begun to reduce bills for consumers.
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