“Winter weather obstructs wind turbines”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Fog and low wind impacted Germany's renewable energy supply in January, meaning conventional power plants had to ramp up production, Andreas Mihm writes in Frankfurter Zeitung. “Many wind and PV plants could not produce any power,” Mihm explains. This was seen in the monthly billing of the country’s eco-power subsidies account, he writes. In the first month of 2017, 1.54 billion euros were paid to operators of wind, PV and bioenergy plants – “200 million less than last year,” Mihm writes.
For more information, see the CLEW factsheet How can Germany keep the lights on in a renewable energy future?.
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