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30 Jan 2017

“Lessons from Germany’s aggressive path to integrate renewables on the grid”

Midwest 鶹 News

The challenges that the US state of Ohio will face with its power grid will be similar to those that Germany is dealing with today, a situation that could provide some lessons learned, writes Kathiann Kowalski for US non-profit news site . “Ohio’s actual share of electricity from renewable sources is far less than Germany’s [about 30 percent] – only about two percent as of 2015,” but this would change over the coming two decades, writes Kowalski. According to experts, a rising share of renewables and a more flexible electricity grid could make baseload power superfluous, which would hugely change the makeup of the electricity system of the future.

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For background read the 鶹 factsheet How can Germany keep the lights on in a renewable energy future?

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