Why Aren't Renewables Decreasing Germany's Carbon Emissions?

Germany’s carbon emissions are not declining much, despite renewables increasing to almost 30% of the country’s power mix. But coal has also increased to about 30% and is used to load-follow, or buffer, the intermittency of the renewables. The imminent closing of all nuclear will make matters worse.

from Forbes Real Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2017/10/10/why-arent-renewables-decreasing-germanys-carbon-emissions/
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