Germany’s PV Generation Peaked at 23.4 Gigawatts on June 6

[kristopher]

Germany’s PV Generation Peaked at 23.4 Gigawatts on June 6

Not a misprint. 23.4 gigawatts.

ERIC WESOFF: JUNE 11, 2013

While the U.S. marks a record first quarter of solar installations at 723 megawatts, and California hit a record 2 gigawatts of electrical generation from PV last week -- Germany is in a somewhat different solar league.

According to SMA's cool interactive PV performance monitoring tool and my meager German skills, Germany's photovoltaic electricity production hit a record 23.4 gigawatts on the afternoon of June 6, almost 40 percent of its peak demand. According to AG Energie Bilanzen, Germany's peak electric demand is approximately 60 gigawatts. The SMA page notes that Germany had 32.92 gigawatts of installed capacity as of Feb. 28, 2013.

Paul-Frederik Bach, a longtime power planner in Denmark, claims that the penetration of renewables in Germany "has developed into a nightmare for system operators."

We have not received reports of any grid performance or reliability issues despite the solar generation milestone.





http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/germany-generated-23.4-gigawatts-from-pv-on-june-6

[kestrel91316]

1. This is impossible!! Germany is too far north and much too cloudy for

solar to be feasible!!!

[kristopher]

2. Funny isn't it?

Nuclear acolytes insist that Germany has only 6 hours of sunlight per year, while their friends at Fox insist it is a sun drenched paradise.

The fact is that there are roles for solar at virtually every latitude; and as the cost of installed panels continue to dive they will spread to every part of the globe becoming as ubiquitous as human dwellings themselves.

[FBaggins]

7. Hyperbole much?

The perfectly valid criticism is that Germany's peak demand is around sundown during the winter.

Take a look at how much solar they produced in the entire winter combined.

Both factors must be considered.

[kristopher]

8. The hyperbole is entirely on the part of the nuclear acolytes.

I'm using sarcasm.

[FogerRox]

3. I wonder when peak demand was on that day?

Germany's photovoltaic electricity production hit a record 23.4 gigawatts on the afternoon of June 6,

Seriously, we can assume that peak demand was in the..... without a doubt in the day time, possibly in the afternoon.

[OKIsItJustMe]

4. I believe you can figure that out from the graph

I believe the red line, “stromverbrauch” is power consumption.

[FogerRox]

5. Yes, of course. Demand & Supply not being a mismatch.

I was being facetious.

I see thin film as a potential opener of the solar generating window, thin film @ 20% efficiency will get us on the road to seeing solar being able to generate not 5-7 hrs a day, but 10-12 hrs a day.

[FBaggins]

6. Per capita...

... that has to be 50-75 times the US

[jpak]

9. K&R

and bookmarked.