Ouch...

Those chickens are coming home to roost...

THE WIND DIED ALONG WITH THE GOVERNMENT COALITION

And the cold weather came in just as it did. Part of the reason the government fractured? Ruinous green energy policies which exploded the price of electricity thanks to transitioning to unreliable renewables.

...The Greens are woke on steroids. Some years ago, their parliamentarians even floated the idea of legalizing pedophilia and incest. They have not met a progressive idea they do not like. Hence, they enjoy the support of garden variety radicals at universities and the youth vote.

The Greens support anything from deindustrialization and de-carbonization to transgenderism and abortion on demand. They embrace the inefficient pipe dream of “clean” energy — solar and wind in particular. On the other hand, they of course hate nuclear power that could save shivering Germans from Europe’s frigidity and high energy costs.

Full article plus links HERE from Hot Air.

Dayum... Spot price of electricity 800 Euro/MWh??? And twelve days of ZERO wind power production? Not good, to put it mildly, much less not even close to affordable!

I know we've had a number of conversations about Germany vs. California and the idiocy surrounding dumping Nuke plants, but Germany doesn't have any backup for natural gas after the issues with Gazprom and the pipeline (which the greenies also want to get rid of). Although it is supposedly being cut, the average daily natural gas supplies to Europe in July reached their highest this year, up 5.7% compared with a year ago and 12% higher than in June. Basically, Germany is hoping the US will bail them out with LNG exports.

According to reports, it would take between 9 months and 2-3 years to restart any of the German nuclear plants, HERE from Radiant Energy Group.

Now what coach???

Even if they form a new government, what are their options to get power back in a timely fashion? And will it be affordable/clear the environmental hurdles of the EU?