[ RadSafe ] An interesting article, "Germany sets weekend record for solar power"

[Jeff Terry]

It would be nice if all off the US energy sectors had output websites like that. 

Jeff

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On Jun 2, 2012, at 4:57 PM, ROY HERREN <royherren2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I looked at 
> http://www.sma.de/en/company/pv-electricity-produced-in-germany.html for the 
> solar output over time on 06/02/2012 and I was quite impressed with the 
> graphical display of information.  The solar energy distribution over the time 
> of day is an almost perfect Bell Curve.  I noticed that the peak energy 
> production was at 1430.  Your point that the solar energy production on 
> 12/15/2011 was substantially less than the recent production is well taken.  It 
> is difficult to imagine how one could run an industrial society on solar 
> electricity in the winter time.  
> 
>  Roy Herren 
> 
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> From: Jaro Franta <jaro_10kbq at videotron.ca>
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> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] An interesting article, "Germany sets weekend record 
> for solar power"
> 
> On a different day - 15 Dec. 2011 :
> 
> http://db.tt/bA4T7v6t 
> 
> From:
> 
> http://www.sma.de/en/company/pv-electricity-produced-in-germany.html 
> 
> <quote>
> What is the current status of photovoltaics in Germany? This is an
> interesting question, and one to which you will receive a clear answer on
> this website based on daily updated information. Here, you can view at any
> time the total output of all PV plants in Germany installed up to the
> specified cutoff date. As required, you can view this information as an
> absolute value or as a percentage of total installed output.
> Now you can look at individual regions as the data is additionally
> classified according to the respective zip code areas. Here, you can take a
> closer look at the regional relative power in the respective areas, or in
> other words, the current performance of the PV plants in proportion to the
> nominal power of these plants.
> The animated graphics demonstrate the role already played by photovoltaics
> in generating electricity in Germany today, and show that PV systems also
> contribute to reducing the high cost of midday peak demand. <end quote>
> 
> Jaro
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Terry
> Sent: June-02-12 3:48 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] An interesting article, "Germany sets weekend
> record for solar power"
> 
> Definitely something to be trumpeted.
> 
> The German solar plants exceeded the output of twenty 1 MWe nuclear reactors
> for just over 4 hours. 
> 
> This compares to the US nuclear industry's accomplishment of 37 straight
> years of exceeding the output of twenty 1 MWe reactors. Usually, exceeding
> it by a significant factor. 
> 
> The accomplishment is noteworthy but requires perspective. It will require
> tremendous storage to reach 24 hours. 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jun 2, 2012, at 2:30 PM, ROY HERREN <royherren2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://phys.org/news/2012-05-germany-weekend-solar-power.html
>> Germany sets weekend record for solar power May 30, 2012 by Nancy 
>> Owano  Roy Herren _______________________________________________
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