Germany Sets New Solar Power Record

An anonymous reader sends this quote from a Reuters report: "German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour — equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity — through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022. ... The record-breaking amount of solar power shows one of the world's leading industrial nations was able to meet a third of its electricity needs on a work day, Friday, and nearly half on Saturday when factories and offices were closed."

midnight

[harvey the nerd]

What percentage is generated at midnight?

Re:The Winter of our Disconnect

[PolygamousRanchKid]

Germany has a long term plan to eliminate the long winter problem:

Global Warming.

Re:It's Just Gigawatts

[NemoinSpace]

I have only about a 1 in 10 success rate of explaining the difference between Power and Energy to people who don't know the difference.
Not because I am bad at teaching.
Usually I get through the first part, and then ask myself - "Why am I doing this to myself again?
Then I switch the subject to sports.
everyone walks away happy.