Germany built out their electrical grid with twice the Solar capacity it needs to power the country. Problem is it achieves that kind of sun a few days a year. Germany is not California. Sorry. Not smart. It's a disastrous policy that will kill people.
> Germany built out their electrical grid with twice the Solar capacity it needs to power the country.
Not so.
Germany used 568.8 TWâ‹…h of electricity in 2021[0], or 64.9 GW on average.
Even the nameplate capacity of PV is 58.7 GW, so less than use rather than double it, but the actual capacity factor — which is included in any reasonable definition of the capacity needed to power a country — brings it down to just under 10% of demand.
All renewables together are just under half of demand right now.
