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6.1 per cent of EU electricity came from coal, down from 8.8 per cent a year earlier
about a 30% reduction
with all of the US hopium on LNG export infrastructure, Europe cut gas use by 15% in April relative to 2024. 2024 also saw 10% NG reduction, and15% coal reduction. Conservative LNG import forecasts are a drop of only 25% by 2030, instead of a solid 10%+/year drop continuing.
https://ieefa.org/resources/eu-gas-imports-fall-25-2030-demand-reduction-target-exceeded-once-again
Good news! Hopefully the EU will have its energy independence sorted enough to stop importing from Russia as soon as possible.
Idk about other countries, but in Italy I'm quite sure the power infrastructure isn't ready to handle the enormous requirements of switching from gas to electrical heating
The wrong analysis for energy transition involves proposals to nuke energy sources from orbit followed by a transition. Italy has still managed 14% NG reduction in April. I understand little heating in the month, though. Heat pump efficiency in Italy can be well over 600% due to mild winters, and double as AC. Energy transition analysis is simple. Add solar, worry about NG electrict utility tears later. This also reduces market prices of NG, for those who don't switch.
i mean, italy has not produced enough power to meet domestic demands since the 80s. they're the biggest electricity importer in europe. i don't know if the rest of the continent can handle them switching off of gas.
The context of the conversation is vast deployment of solar panels
yeah, intermittent power that recently led to grid collapse in spain. it's not about how much power you make, it's about how to distribute it efficiently.
Sand batteries are perfect for heat
US disinformation pigfuckers claimed it was due to intermittent power. No such conclusions were ever made, and there is no physical/tech challenge/impossibility to not have a stable grid with intermittent power.
the reason stated in the report was that base load failed to correct. it was a novel failure case, but very much related to a grid with intermittent power tacked on.
of course there is no technical reason it wouldn't work, but we are in the real world, where technical solutions are not implemented in a vacuum. the grid is yet to be completely retooled for intermittent wave-following sources, and accidents like this are how we figure out what not to do.
also "us disinformation pigfuckers"? really? the us has a vendetta against spain now?
US administration does have a vendetta against renewables, and failure to buy US energy at extortion prices.
...how would spain even by us energy?
lng and crude oil, like rest of world is supposed to. Instead of setting "a bad example"
...but europe has never been a us gas or oil importer. that's just not a market.
Europe has regularly imported oil from US even as it gets most of it from US/Israel middle east allies that easily replaced Russian supplies. Upon submitting to the US's proxy war on Russia through Ukraine, NG prices in EU spiked and it got 50% of its supplies in 2022 from US LNG. The US's determination for climate destruction requires pigfuckers telling EU that renewables don't work, and it should depend on US energy supplies instead.
spain uses fossil fuels from lebanon. you're talking about germany.
i'm sorry but the way you phrase yourself makes me uncomfortable. i don't want to continue this.
The reason for liars to lie about Spain is to bully/disinform rest of Europe and US public into going harder on FFs.
No-one is going to use direct electricity heating these days though. Heat pumps are the king
Well, unless you want to power the pump via pedals, the problem stands, even if greatly diminished.
Yes, but few kilowatts per house is not a big solar system.
Hilarious, you think the average Italian can afford a private/condo solar installation?
Of course Indpn't but it's not going to take a lot to cover the energy use.