Electricity Map Reviews and details

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• Lignite surface coal mine devouring German farmland. One-third of electricity in Germany is now generated from coal since the natural gas pipelines were cut.

  Germany is absolutely not green, on https://app.electricitymaps.com/map you can see that it is always in the yellow, even when its wind production is maximum. Source: over 1 year ago

• France troubled reactors

  During the 2021-2022 winter french npp worked pretty much as usual, then both unplanned and regular maintenance requirement hit during spring, summer, and fall 2022. But for this winter 2022-2023 we are currently fine, we're exporting 10GW right now. And unless we have an abnormally cold end of January or February we will not require any import and will keep exporting a clean energy to our dirty neighbors. Source: over 1 year ago

• Europe’s largest carbon emitter failed to curb emissions in 2022

  That's also the method used in "real time" by Electricity Maps (https://app.electricitymaps.com/map). Uh, at the moment, German's emissions are over 6x the French emissions (261 vs 41 g/kWh)! What a success! Source: over 1 year ago

• While Canada has fumbled every climate promise, the UK has been hitting its emissions targets. What would it take to catch up?

  Compare Ontario to the rest of the world: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map. Source: over 1 year ago

• Wind generated a record amount of electricity in 2022

  Could do better is right. We have ~36GW of installed wind capacity in UK, while Germany embarrasses us with 70GW! Source. Source: over 1 year ago

• Plugin EVs Take Record 75% Share of Sweden’s Auto Market in December,56% for the entire year. 1 in 3 New Cars Sold in Sweden in 2022 Was Full Electric

  Netherlands have lower co2 footprint in their electricity production than Germany. Just check this map https://app.electricitymaps.com/map and change it to 12 months scale and you can see that it applies for every month. None of them are doing good, neither are Denmark. Source: over 1 year ago

• Electricity Prices in European countries, 2022-12-31 (€/MWh)

  Electricity maps web page. I recommend the app. Source: over 1 year ago

• Coal use has plummeted across the west

  It's pretty much the only number that matters when combating climate change and the UK, as well as most other countries, still fall so short of reasonable levels. My favourite and most depressing website for this stuff shows just how poor even gas performs when compared to Nuclear/Hydro: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map. Source: over 1 year ago

• Belgium has the most expensive electricity in Europe.

  At least they don't dump CO2 like madmen I guess: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map. Source: over 1 year ago

• Electricity input mix this Sunday in Germany, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

  And this is an active map that shows the energy mix in most countries worldwide https://app.electricitymaps.com/map. Source: over 1 year ago

• Solar power will beat out coal globally in 3 years: International Energy Agency

  This map consolidates data from dozens of ISO-type entities around the world, and includes breakdowns by fuel type. Source: over 1 year ago

• The Five-Year Engineering Feat Germany Pulled Off in Months

  As mentioned taken from a snapshot at the time of Electricity Maps, check it out: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• GB National Grid Status

  My favourite for showing UK grid data on a nice, clean, fast chart over custom timescales: https://www.electricinsights.co.uk/#/dashboard My favourite for showing many country's grids around the world, and the power flowing between them through interconnectors: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Germany's energy transition shows a successful future of Energy grids: The transition to wind and solar has decreased CO2 and increased reliability while reducing coal and reliance on Russia.

  I think it's a reference to https://app.electricitymaps.com/map which shows that Germany, as we speak, is among the worst countries in the world at CO2 emissions. Source: over 1 year ago

• How do you in Sweden regulate the use of electricity and advise citizens to reduce electricity consumption as much as possible?

  That is not true, we export quite a bit of electricity to Finland: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map. Source: over 1 year ago

• Power generation by source in EU countries (2000–2018)

  Https://app.electricitymaps.com/map is good source for live generation and consumption data. Source: over 1 year ago

• Power generation by source in EU countries (2000–2018)

  To add some extra context, the majority of renewable energy is hydroelectric. That is because hydroelectric power is basically magic. It is free, simple, and all you need to do is wait for rain. On top of that it is a great way to store electricity. You can see a live breakdown of each country here. Source: over 1 year ago

• Power generation by source in EU countries (2000–2018)

  Actually, your country rely mostly on fossil fuel, which is causing millions of death each year and it emits almost 3 times more CO2 per capita than France. But yeah, blame France :). Source: over 1 year ago

• The Biggest Source of Power in Every State and Province [OC]

  For the jurisdictions that provide data https://app.electricitymaps.com/map is a neat website, you can see real time how dirty grids are and what sources are producing electricity. Source: over 1 year ago

• But you still have to charge electric cars argument

  First step would be to check if this is true. You can find in the website electricitymaps.org what is the footprint of the electricity you are using in your region. Source: over 1 year ago

• [OC] Saskatchewan Electricity Mix charts & graphs for October 2022 (details in comments)

  Electricity Maps (where I pull other jurisdiction data for the Carbon Intensity of Electricity chart). Source: over 1 year ago