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[@enshongmiranda]

We can thank Russia for strengthening NATO's resolve AND accelerating the shift to renewables. Putin really is a master strategist.

[@pooga5248]

Actually, you can thank America

[@kiwibob223]

@@pooga5248 🌰

[@MrCarl2020]

His a kind man

[@maxdavis1483]

Yaah....u can also thank Russia to make Middle East and South Asia to show their ability to say no to USA

[@TheBeardedAsianMan]

@@pooga5248 murica

[@cinidevil]

Can I just say I LOVE this anchor! His questions on the interview are on point without being agressive or putting the interviewee off! Amazing work!

[@jackbean4042]

calm down you sound too desperate

[@shrifreedom]

What is his name? I have appreciated all his news coverage and the way he asks questions.

[@juliane__]

@@jackbean4042 Desperate because of too many jerks in the world.

[@ozehtdz6777]

Seriously, Michael is an absolutely outstanding anchor and Danish interviewee turned up to be perfect man to talk with. Peace

[@natasham1684]

I love how they’ve folded two problems into one solution, and that the timeline has been speeded up

[@babblo1389]

Unrealistic timeline. This winter Europeans need to eat a lot of beans before bed time 😉

[@Shedho_]

@@babblo1389 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hexf3248]

@@babblo1389 No probs, I love beans.

[@theepashmani6474]

Even after 300 billion euro investment it will just account for 5% of eu energy need.

[@user-iw3uf4nf4p]

The items used in making wind turbines are mainly from countries that support Russia (China) so Russia will still get money anyways.

[@StephiSensei26]

Denmark: 5.5M people and always one step ahead of the curve! Thank you Denmark!

[@TheExard3k]

I'm proud to have neighbors like the Danish. Small, but very progressive and innovative countries in Europe will make the difference.

[@gdiwolverinemale2745]

True, they started the porn industry. Then marxist tribe took over and moved it to California,

[@lesseirgpapers9245]

Save Energy...means freezing in winter.

[@butwait]

If the country starts with a D it seems to be easy sailing. Denmark Dutchville Djermany Delgium

[@verilux2063]

They always are, wish the world could learn from them faster.

[@CausticLemons7]

I love his optimistic attitude because it's contagious.

[@babblo1389]

Everyone in EU needs to fart a lot to keep warm this winter🤣🤣🤣🤣. Setting up alternatives wouldn't happen that fast. And not sure if would work at all. Thanks to brainless populists we are in such a mess! 'Optimism' dragging us back into 19th century. ..

[@ChessPlayer78]

France : there it goes again Germany : it was not me, at least i didn't start it this time Russia : u r all same Ukraine : EU is safe as long as our Zoker is in charge of things

[@UnipornFrumm]

5 years its pretty realistic

[@Coeurebene1]

We need ambitious and optimistic projects for Europe. Something positive, forward thinking and motivating to focus on. A sort "green new deal".

[@GEOsustainable]

Our current visionary President Biden has said those words too. A Green New Deal. All for it.

[@anonanon7235]

You must be born after 2000s cause you're quite naive. Without access to cheap resources, Western Europe's productivity will diminish drastically.

[@nightruler666]

Thank you putin for pushing countries to find renewable energy sources

[@babblo1389]

Eat beans before bed time and you have renewable 💨💨💨under the blanket, for free🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrLilhauughh]

What do you do with the lithium batteries from the cars? How eco-friendly are the windmills to migratory birds? Do they interfere woth their radar signals in their heads? How do you dispose of the old and damaged blades? What material is used to make tires, battery cases for electric cars? Petroleum is in clothes, streets, planes, tires, household appliances. How many watts does one "rapid" charger take to charge one vehicle overnight? How many can one neighborhood handle before a powergrid becomes unstable? Have you researched the questions?

[@BobuxGuy]

@@MrLilhauughh if it was that simple there were no windmills in the first place

[@whyindeed9937]

That result in burning more gas?

[@st-ex8506]

@@MrLilhauughh Yes, I researched ALL of those questions, quite thoroughly even! That is actually part of my job as an engineer involved in renewable energies. And either they are non-issues (like lithium-ion car batteries are already being nearly 100% recycled as they are very valuable sources of already refined materials), or require some adaptations (power grids at general and local levels), which are not difficult at all to implement within the couple of decades that the transition will take.

[@williamlai29]

EU is going green, and we have Putin to thank for it LOL.

[@buddy1155]

And Finland and Sweden are also joining the NATO thanks to Putin.

[@Kni0002]

no more money for Putin gas

[@deekshantbelwal1269]

India is also going green and we have Opec to thank for it.

[@deekshantbelwal1269]

@Adam Winship just google on how many barrels India bought and how much western countries bought since war began.

[@Maennlichkeitsbeauftragter]

Putin achieved in weeks what the green party in my country tried for decades lol

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

The nuclear elephant was not mentioned! Wind, solar is great, but more baseload options must come online. Or at least be modernised and not scheduled for closing. Otherwise, the coal plants will stay lit for decades. Not a good option.

[@bilgyno1]

Building new nuclear power stations takes 15-20 years, so it cannot play a role in the urgent matter of stopping with fossil fuels in 5 years or less. Mind you, I'm not against nuclear, but we have to move more quickly.

[@tjward2370]

I think Germany's already proven wind and solar don't work I don't know what the world has against thorium reactors when a facility the size of a transport truck can light an entire city and have no chance of ever melting down

[@gdiwolverinemale2745]

It was always the best and the most rational option. Then came the stoopeed and the crooks ... now we have the expensive "green" energy

[@tjward2370]

@@bilgyno1 are you joking? India is on schedule to make 15 thorium reactors this year alone

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

@@bilgyno1 Yes, so better start now. A possibility could be a true multinational push in the development of standardised, modular, mass produced plants (SMRs) for a distributed system, with far less footprint and water supply demands. Maybe to provide base load capabilities in connection with solar, wind and - even more interesting - hydro, this by pumping back water to the reservoirs when low demand or too little precipitation. As a Norwegian, I also see this as a possibility to increase the flexibility of our vast hydro power production network. As a stop gap, this COULD be part of the solution. Maybe not as cheap as solar/wind, but faster and less aerea demanding.

[@cordellmohawk8408]

Let's wait and see politicians know how sell something but don't deliver

[@leroyharder4491]

As soon as Russia took the Crimea, this sort of strategy should have rolled out. Energy independence is always a key strategic objective of any region. An argument that has fallen on deaf ears mostly around the world. And it could have been done in an orderly fashion. This throwing of money at a problem results in lots of waste and corruption as bottlenecks are worked through. Leadership needs a clear eyed view about what needs to be done long term and rollout programs as efficiently as possible. Now it is just panic.

[@msxcytb]

Indeed. The war with Ukraine started 8 years Ago. In the meantime countries in Europe got only more hooked to NatGas from Putin(Germany worst of all). Latest in last year in November all NATO top officials knew what Putin's plans were and yet 3 nuclear reactors were closed in Germany with the end of the year(more money to Russia). Kind of pathetic leadership.

[@scratchy996]

What can you do, when people live well, they get soft. Eastern Europeans warned about Putin, while soft Westerners let their corrupt politicians and business leaders get away with anything. Many are asking for more nuclear plants, but they forget the nuclear fuel also comes from Russia. Wind farms are nice and all, but we also need serious, fast, low bureaucracy solar incentives for home consumers. The EU needs to collaborate closer with the US, Japan, etc in all renewable energy sectors.

[@msxcytb]

@@scratchy996 I kinda hoped, that putlers war would be an impulse to reverse at least some of the damages, admitting of errors without loosing face(coupled with change of political that happened- I'm outsider so i don't understand forces there in Germany enough but...). As of the fuel for nuclear plants- it is much more flexible to source it elsewhere than fossil fuels. Heck, even if getting it from Russia for time being, it is still less money for the war.

[@scratchy996]

@@msxcytb don't confuse Uranium ore with nuclear fuel, you need an infrastructure to make nuclear fuel, not even the US has an infrastructure big enough for their demand. Also completely substituting gas and oil with nuclear is not going to work, because the heavy industry needs gas to function, and the chemical industry needs the gas as a raw material.

[@msxcytb]

@@scratchy996 it's very difficult to increase production of almost any good very fast(case for trivial toilet paper panic in 2020). Interestingly even Ukraine with a network of Russia made VVER reactors worked on diversifying fuel supply from western Westinghouse. At least there is the possibility to do it even for mixed systems. I think that it is better to send less money to Russia (if buying uranium fuel which is cheaper/kWh) than fossil fuels. The less natgas is used for energy production the easier it is to source it for other, harder to replace processes outside of Russia.

[@StayPrimal]

Congrats ! Good decision.

[@danielxu9]

The 4th Vial Revelation 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. Going to pour on NATO countries. 😆

[@babblo1389]

Everyone in EU needs to fart a lot to keep warm this winter🤣🤣🤣🤣. Setting up alternatives wouldn't happen that fast. And not sure if would work at all. Thanks to brainless populists we are in such a mess! UKRAINE has been a corruption epicenter since 1991 and seems they are dragging us down with them sadly.

[@Mo.Jo.]

Lets remember that wind turbine blades are non-recyclable. At the most, they can be mulched up and re-used into aesthetic decorative items. Even this end of life is not very cost effective.

[@jollyjokress3852]

Can you not restore them?

[@LanielPhoto]

@@jollyjokress3852 - Methinks it cost more to restore than to replace them with new.

[@GM-fh5jp]

Neither are nuclear power plants, cores, rods etc. Think you'll be able to turn *them* into decorative items too? But hey lets be concerned that the turbine blades aren't easily recyclable... Pretty hard for a terrorist to blow up a wind turbine in the middle of the Nth Sea also and the debris won't poisen the landscape for a thousand years or so no?

[@scratchy996]

Then we'll have a lot of nice, decorative items, where's the problem in that ? Don't you like nice things ?

[@LanielPhoto]

@@GM-fh5jp -Taking out the sea borne wind turbines would be the easiest thing in the world, by plane, missile, drone, or by ship. You can't hide or disguise them. Also very hard to defend. And they are VERY expensive. You mention Nuclear power - it has its disadvantages, but at $.02/Kilowatt versus wind power's $.40 per Kilowatt, - that 80 times cheaper per Kilowatt, and reliable as can be, even when the wind dies. That's why where they build the wind turbines, they still have to keep the old reliable and cheap stand-by, nuclear power. In Ontario Canada Wind Power is 70% the cost of electrical power, yet provides less than 4% of the electricity. Hydro Power is of course the best way to do it. Renewable, cheap, dependable, long lasting. But hard to do in the middle of the Sahara....... Wind turbines are now proven to stop cows from milking when in the same area, and give people headaches. Also heard no worms live them them - but I don't know if that is true or not - and worms are what give us our topsoil - so important to our food supply.

[@faisoldier2012]

As an European citizen I support 💯 this project. Europe the cradle of greatest inventions, inventors and technology, it will happen. Necessity is the mother of all inventions.

[@malignm1857]

8 years to late. The US tried to tell you but nope. Normal European history is to wait until it’s to late to react.

[@luckyluke1503]

If US cared about green energy than they would have done it themselves.

[@azimutazimut3165]

@@luckyluke1503 Malign is talking about the US trying to tell EU... especially Germany to find ways to not be dependent on Russian oil and gas.. it was not about green energy..

[@CGplay186]

Malign M 1960's - Oil gone in 10 years; global famine by 1975; 1970's - Ozone depletion; ice age by 2000; global oil depletion in 20 years; imminent famine; over population; killer bees; all land unusable due to nitrogen buildup; 1980's - Acid rain, global regional droughts by 1990; Maldive Islands underwater by 2018; New York west side underwater by 2019; 30 year cooling trend; 1990's - Peak oil in 2020; UN warns that entire nations wiped off the face of the earth by 2000 from, you guessed it, global warming; 2000's - Global 10 year famine; ice free arctic by 2013 (Al Gore); 500 days of climate chaos; Manhattan underwater by 2015; snowfalls are not a thing of the past. It all fear porn weather will always continue to change regardless what we do. The last ice age still melting is all our fault😂

[@tjward2370]

@@luckyluke1503 the United States has done it, 16 universities have built salt thorium reactors.

[@luckyluke1503]

@@tjward2370 can you tell me what is the % of Their energy is from Green energy? I’m waiting

[@mutkaluikkunen3926]

Wind and nuclear for electricity and geothermal / deep geothermal for heating, also similar concept for using sea water as a heat source. After we have those two in check, the remaining LNG need shouldn't be a problem.

[@TomasPetkevicius94]

Finally, something is being done.

[@TheBandit7613]

Yeah, lying. Renewables cost 4X as much as convetional. Look at Germany. Tired of liars.

[@TomasPetkevicius94]

@@TheBandit7613 It is debatable, but i personally would invest that money into nuclear power plants instead. Although of course, this would be hugely unpopular. So yea, at least something.

[@BobuxGuy]

@@TheBandit7613 It'll cost more to keep relying on russia

[@TheBandit7613]

@@BobuxGuy At current energy use, the windmills needed to generate power will cost about 35 trillion dollars. And the batteries to store the energy overnight, keep in mind just one night, will be another 30 trillion dollars. It only take 510 years to mine that much lithium. If there is that much lithium on Earth.

[@Tobias-ld2pv]

@@TomasPetkevicius94 literally all costs analysis come to the same conclusion: nuclear power is the most expensive form of energy generation we know. Meanwhile solar and wind have a levelized cost of electricity that is only a fraction. There is no economic argument for NPPs

[@Kevin-xq2tv]

idk if it was planned or accelerated by this war here in the netherlands there are windmills popping up everywhere in the indusrtial zones

[@glenncordova4027]

Windmills in the Netherlands! Unheard of.🙄

[@sollte1239]

Partly yes but for example the danish project is new and yes Denmark had this idea most likely before but Germany would have never supported it that fast before the war.

[@fatwombat2611]

Windmills cant power industry. Until batteries get better the choice is still coal, gas or nuclear. Of these only one is carbon free but that is the most scary to most people even though the statistics say it shouldnt be.

[@Ptolemy336VV]

Always great to see how wonderful Europe always is in endless ways. Europe will not be able to be green within the end of the Ukraine-Russia war, as I feel that some people think its a "weakness" of Europe being unable to be off Russian gas or gas as a whole instantly. Do you also instantly have a Arnold Schwarznegger body? No. But mark my words. If anyone can can transition extremely fast for the scale of the problem then its Europe. Sooner or later Europe is fully green and clean and completely undependable from any region. It will spark an even stronger Europe than has already been for ages.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

I can't wait

[@starfox300]

Europe is complete trash when it comes to power generation and management. The only exception being France, they have figured it out.

[@SweBeach2023]

More renewables means a greater reliance on gas, giving Russia an even stronger political position.

[@HEMI345S]

Keep dreaming!

[@scratchy996]

If everyone is on the same page, the only thing getting in the way is bureaucracy. The EU needs to find a way to cut down on bureaucracy, starting with energy, security and medicine.

[@AlexdaCunha]

Some positive outcome from the war. A plan with serious ambitions for a revolution... energy wise. I support this!

[@gdiwolverinemale2745]

... a plan which does not have a chance of being realized

[@JG-mp5nb]

@@gdiwolverinemale2745 If the oilmen have their way. They won’t let their investment in the ground get stranded.

[@gdiwolverinemale2745]

@@JG-mp5nb You obviously do not know that the oil companies are the biggest investors and in many cases the owners of "green" energy projects. Ignorance is bliss

[@gdiwolverinemale2745]

@Adam Winship Which is a natural and fundamental part of human nature. As is the stupidity of those, who believe they can change it

[@st-ex8506]

@@gdiwolverinemale2745 Of course it will! There is at least as much money to be made in renewable energy, and more jobs to be created, than in the fast dying oil industry. Ig human greed is the driver, than it should be a relatively quick transition!

[@sleeplessdev7204]

Yo that interviewer asked some really good questions. They were blunt, but cut right through the fluff

[@scratchy996]

He's always like that, he doesn't people just get away with dodging questions.

[@mm-yt8sf]

i hope, like the human genome project, the process of doing it results in increases in price/speed/efficiency and humans end up accomplishing it earlier than expected. *fingers crossed*

[@jigaapple23]

This whole approach is meant to punish Russia. I'm not sure what are parallels with the human genome project ?

[@mm-yt8sf]

@@jigaapple23 i said as much in my commentt. the human genome project was predicted to take a very very long time. but as it progressed and more labs became involved, and the equipment to sequence dna was purchased, more innovations occurred and the cost and speed of new equipment got better, the whole thing finished much sooner than originally predicted, mainly because, it was started in the first place. sometimes seriously starting a daunting task can be the biggest hurdle, and it turns out not to be as bad as originally thought :-)

[@Intentspunk19]

The planet also says thank you for this move.

[@whyindeed9937]

7:05 It's dropped and dropped and dropped, because it is a time of use product. To be independent of gas, it must become fully dispatchable. Once that happens there is no limit on the price that can be charged, and grid scale storage is expensive.

[@markanthony3275]

One word "Failure"

[@lewisdelicata5334]

Isn't it funny how the impeding collapse of our natural habitat through climate change wasn't really important enough to take this kind of rapid action, but to prove the "bad guys" wrong it's suddenly the top of the list. I'm glad this is happening but I'm disappointed as to what it's taken for us to finally do the right thing.

[@LiwaySaGu]

yup, not surprised at how they act but still happy for the environment!!!

[@joealcamo8901]

I don’t think windmill’s or solar will replace petroleum. Lots of luck to us all.

[@jyothishpkumar5542]

I really love this anchor and also DW.. so direct in his questions. To the point... Have noticed it in almost all his interviews.. keep it up

[@grSpyridon]

About time! Good for the environment too

[@dragons_hook]

Reduce? Not eliminate? So you'll still be buying from Russia then? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a "total ban?"

[@babblo1389]

Total ban would halt big industry including car manufacturing. And nobody wants a room temperature +8c in winter 😉

[@holemanator]

Way to be the voice of extremist hysteria. Not that I disagree with you, ideologically, but Europe is taking real steps to change its energy dependence like never before and deserves support for its radical change in policy.

[@lubanskigornik282]

that all 'green energy' policy will finish the same way as just recently in Sri Lanka

[@abstract_duck]

its quite rare that two goals combine into one ...

[@Pafemanti]

Sigh. I hope we can get some of this in the US. So much renewable potential here!

[@TheBandit7613]

Renewable doesn't replace any conventional power plants. Power plants must run alongside wind or solar. Renewables are NOT base load. They are desert, not the main course.

[@kiwibob223]

@@TheBandit7613 as electric vehicles become more common renewable energy becomes more viable. Storage for the wind power by charging cars and busses and swap out batts.

[@Pafemanti]

@@TheBandit7613 Ok, I do understand this and I didn't say conventionals could easily be fully replaced, and neither did anyone in the video. What are you responding to? Why make this comment here? Are you against Europe's efforts also, to up its renewable power? Have you heard about all the battery storage innovations that promise to be able to store more renewably-produced energy for reuse when a baseload fill-in is needed? I just don't quite get why you are arguing over something nobody brought up.

[@peppersghosttheater]

The EU citizens are already getting screwed. No answer as to why this wasn't done before even though many countries were paying fines under the Paris climate agreement. Ireland an island not mentioned here. Today our government ate fighting about a maternity hospital. Yet we have the most expensive energy. We have been told for decade's this wasn't possible. Gretta could have organised this better and quicker

[@GenericNameeee]

I saw some of those wind power turbines were Vattenfall ones, which is a Swedish state owned company. I’m glad my nation is contributing in some way, be it actively or through trade!

[@faultier1158]

Downside: Vattenfall also owns the coal power plant here in Hamburg.😅 But coal will be phased out, thankfully - probably sooner than legally mandated, because it's so unprofitable.

[@TMM-N]

Spend more money to choose more expensive energy initiatives 300billion :10% for the ursula

[@BobuxGuy]

it's cheaper in the long run, and idk what country you are from but Ursula can't even touch 1 euro of that budget. We aren't in a dictatorship or oligarchy (Russia)

[@ersinc9080]

Counting the cost of storage, renewables are more expensive. The cost of electricity in Germany is about twice as high as it is here in the state of Indiana.

[@jawu9221]

Russia is really progressive in getting the world to swap to renewables 😂

[@babblo1389]

Enjoy your room temperature at 10c this winter 😉. Unless you are great at farting in bed🤣🤣🤣

[@Alexandra-dd1su]

Western Europe

[@BobuxGuy]

@@Alexandra-dd1su All of EU, except Hungary

[@msxcytb]

Unfortunately mostly on paper. The only "large", population dense and industrialized country that decarbonized its energy production and reduced pollution is France and it didn't do it with Wind and Solar. Evidence show that relying on wind and solar means locking gas and coal consumption "forever" and chance is that some of it will be coming from Russia for long time. Calling fossil fuel backup as "bridge to renevables" is dishonest or naive.

[@jawu9221]

@@msxcytb nuclear energy on top

[@4700_Dk]

Can anyone guarantee that the winds will keep blowing? I read that last year they recorded a drop in power. Nuclear energy seems to be the best bet.

[@radishpineapple74]

There is a Sun and the Earth spins, so there will always be wind. Embarrassing to have to explain this.

[@scratchy996]

I don't know about the North Sea, but where I live, in Western Romania we now have wind almost every day, due to climate change. It used to be a low wind area , but it started blowing around 10 years ago, and it didn't stop since.

[@4700_Dk]

@@radishpineapple74 true, but will it be enough ? I’m in Denmark, and we dropped our electricity to Germany last year. And even shut down almost a third of them due to maintenance issues.

[@lours6993]

The EU would be far better positioned today if Germany (and others) had not taken the reckless approach of doubling down on Russian gas dependence whilst rejecting nuclear, the indispensable bridging technology to renewables. Hopefully France can scale up nuclear power capacity to help to offset the gap in the gas dependent states. This talk of wind power, whilst a good part of the mix, is next to useless as a foundational year-round source.

[@msxcytb]

Yes. The principle should be to get rid of dirtiest, most polluting and greenhouse gasses intense sources of power first(Lignite-coal-biomass-gas could be good order). In reality it is the cleanest and safest source that is phased out (Nuclear). It is dishonest and it is what made putin power and influence...

[@markanthony3275]

They rejected nuclear in the 1970's because communist lunatics became environmentalists.

[@oscare.quiros6349]

That's like the old saying "killing two birds with one shot." Good for the EU and the world.

[@kiwibob223]

*with one stone. You are welcome.

[@marsveinsson2295]

What about iceland and our geothermal energy. Why cant we deport energy? Green energy at that. Why havent we become europes battery?

[@Maitch3000]

Iceland could technically provide energy through underwater cables. As we speak people are connecting Morocco to UK and Australia to Singapore

[@DontUputThatEvilOnMe]

Us and Canada needs to start doing something. So much untapped resources in Alaska and Northern Canada.

[@gdiwolverinemale2745]

Do something? Like, fix the 10% inflation? Of course, for the garbage without any savings that's not a priority

[@Stethacanthus]

@@gdiwolverinemale2745 did you just call impoverished people garbage?

[@Stethacanthus]

We need to phase out oil altogether from our energy sector, not become more dependent on it. Also, Biden would have to order companies to do it. Listen to the earnings calls this year. The major oil companies explicitly say they have no need or intention to increase supply. There is enough to go around at a high price. Pumping more would just cost money and lower their profit margin.

[@warlockgod66]

@@Stethacanthus thank you people need to understand this oil and gas companies already realize Greener energy is going to take over in another 20 or 30 years at least 70% of energy will come from Green energy so they're not going to waste more money invest in more oil fields and gas fields when they can get all they need and selling at a good price and buy up the green energy section why put billions or trillions of dollars in a dying market when the newer market is going to replace it's basically the same thing as brick and mortar companies heavily start switching to online during the pandemic and going full cuz they're not worried about 10 years they're worried about 20 plus years and being around

[@glenncordova4027]

You are right much of Canada has great potential for wind and hydroelectric power.

[@SamuelKissinger]

And the irony in all of this is that this was done because of Russia, man things do really change when there is a conflict at your border.

[@babblo1389]

This was all planned before the conflict. Just kept secret from us as it's expensive!!

[@marktrinidad7650]

So they asked India and basically most Asian countries to stop purchasing Russian oil while they willl still be purchasing until 2027? Its nice to see Europe showing its arrogance and treating Asia as a big colony. That is how Europe should act.

[@babblo1389]

Sadly Asia has always been inferior to Europe. We in Europe do as we please 😉

[@utkarshverma7]

@@babblo1389 yeah thats why inflation is fuxking you all 😂😂 should have just bought discounted oil like asian countries .

[@Dundoril]

No they didn't. This is about gas not oil

[@mirek1139]

Calling a mere 0.6 percentage point change from 14.5 to 15.1 a "four percent" *increase* in offshore capacity? Surely that is well within random noise... Is it still damned lies or already statistics?

[@stephanhazeu7317]

The report is missing a crucial point sadly... Green energy only really works with a large scale energy storage to offset the fluctuations (which means we also need an abundance of energy production to account for inceasing demands.... As it stands... the only form of renewables in which renewables make any economic sense is by combining it with natural gas... as it also offsets the need to have excess wind energy to then store in the energy storage. Renewables have a huge technological gap that still needs to be dealt with... also the fact that wind energy loses economic sense when applied in the scales a country/nation can depend on... average construction cost per 12-15MW offshore windmill is between 100 - 300 million euros (depending on depth of seebed and distance to shore, and size of windmills)... they are cheaper than fossil fuels with subsidies but there are cheaper alternatives... Renewable energy only works with energy storage (which doesnt exists in scale large enough yet at all) and the other is offsetting its unreliability with natural gas... which defeats the purpose of renewables...

[@anonanon7235]

Renewables will work for Europe if the population gets decreases by 60%. People don't realize how energy intensive "renewable" energy really is.

[@motimobo]

So are you saying we shouldn't install any renewable capacity because we might still need to use some natural gas to generate power some of the time? A gas fired power station is ideal for meeting peak demand or when renewables aren't generating enough but there's no reason to not install as much wind and solar as possible as it's cheaper than coal or gas and much cheaper than nuclear. We've been using pumped hydro to store energy and balance the grid for a century in Europe so energy storage is not a new thing at all. Also your claim that installing offshore wind turbines cost 100-300 million euros is complete and utter rubbish, the actual total is 2-4 million euros with about 30,000 Euros annual maintenance. Life span is decades and cost of electricity generated is 1 cent per KWh. Massive profits for investors and they pay for their installation in a few years. Prices of off shore wind generation has been going down by 15%/year due to economies of scale and they are very profitable with out subsidies. (All subsidies have now been removed from EU's number one wind power leader Denmark.) Off course on shore wind is far cheaper but some people complain very loudly when a wind farm is proposed in their area. If they knew how cheaply they produce electricity they might cease to object.

[@deekshantbelwal1269]

Also help India with technology. Let's move on from oil. India is going big on solar and green hydrogen but technology like elctrolyzer from western countries will speed up things.

[@Pifagorass]

Hydrogen is amazing storage and now transportation specially for industry.

[@Maitch3000]

Modi was just in Denmark a week ago to discuss renewable energy

[@mlight6845]

Congratulations EU! Thank you ❣

[@babblo1389]

Enjoy your room temperature at +10c this winter, greeny😉. Unless you are great at farting in bed🤣🤣🤣

[@oldskoolrools3087]

Yes, congratulations EU on ignoring US warnings and making the EU reliant on Russian energy, filling Russian coffers, enabling Putin’s war and ultimately condemning thousands of Ukrainians to death and misery….congrats EU…

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

Bless! More intermittents with at best, still rather low capacity factors, vast innate curtailment problem and ongoing lack of any significant affordable storage tech.

[@Sokar12345]

"lets not point fingers." why? why should we not ask our politicians why they didnt give us cheap and clean energy sooner? i guess we all know why...

[@harukrentz435]

EXACTLY.

[@faultier1158]

Pointing fingers is in the voters' interest, but activists have different interests.I guess he's happy that politicians who were previously financed by fossil fuel money are finally coming around to support renewables. Bashing people who just started supporting your cause isn't the best strategy.

[@praktisbahasa688]

good news, this can also be a new renewable energy might

[@babblo1389]

Enjoy your room temperature at 10c this winter😉. Unless you are great at farting in bed🤣🤣🤣

[@djordjesrnic1223]

As much as I support using renewables, I can't see these wind farms being viable long term. Nuclear power is much more reliable and cost-effective.

[@sirc1446]

Agreed

[@richardnixon7248]

Unfortunately, people aren't serious about energy and talk about nuclear waste while our bills go up and our climate gets destroyed

[@TheAdrianoos]

They are not, you are right. They (EU) are just changing gas supplier from RU to others.

[@djordjesrnic1223]

@UCR1UHLeZ4TtIybU4oZVsQgQ Yeah, but take into consideration the fact that solar panels and wind turbines break down and are heavily dependent on environmental factors. All that adds more cost to these programs.

[@nunofoo8620]

These Nuclear Karens are annoying af.. Look, nuclear is not the magical bullet you've been led to believe.

[@briancarno8837]

Only one problem,the EU doesnt have 300 billion euros...Olaf get those printing presses fired up!! What could possibly go wrong!

[@MeMe-mp3jj]

Wind power must by backed by energy storage, hydroelectric dams or gas/coal power plants because of intermittent power generation. It is very complex to get 100% renewable with wind power if you don't have many hydroelectric dams. You can decide to use wind power to produce hydrogen, but the efficiency is very low, so you need tons of turbines, lots of raw materials to build them, with all the issues going with extraction, manufacturing and recycling.

[@markanthony3275]

Read Rupert Darwall's 2019 book "Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex"...it deals with Germany's woeful state of economy because of green energy.

[@motimobo]

Rupert Darwall is a paid fossil fuel shill. The cheapest power on the market for some years now is onshore wind, a single turbine on average generates 2-3 megawatts, much cheaper than gas and no price fluctuations. Combined with solar and nuclear and smart grid technology and new interconnectors to link up different regions there should be cheap and abundant electricity everywhere on the planet 24/7. China is deploying 16 megawatt turbines already. A new interconnector is linking Europe to North Africa so the potential for solar in europe is huge with this type of infrastructure being installed. You're living in the past, renewables have been suppressed by corrupt politicians and the fossil fuel industry for decades but the advantages for ordinary people who want cheap energy are too strong!

[@IrenESorius]

Good decision 💖💖💖

[@IrenESorius]

@@AngryAmericanWizard Russia should be cut of like a bodypart with gangrene.

[@jesusgonzales227]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BobuxGuy]

@@AngryAmericanWizard It is when a major part of oil and gas comes from Russia

[@dknight25]

It's optimistic and hopeful, but at the same time it is subjective on perspective (how much is *reducing"?), it is hypocritical (would it have been fine to be dependant if it was any country other than Russia?), and irrealistic as a short-term goal to propose to get rid of all fossil fuel (we will be dependant on fossil fuel for a long time until there's a scientific breakthrough for a new energy source that can supply all our needs).

[@scratchy996]

Let's see, would you chose to be dependent on Russia , or let's say ...Switzerland ? What do you think ...Ivan ?

[@dknight25]

@@scratchy996 The idea is to not to be dependant in the first place, hence the hypocrite stance with Russia now, but my preference on dependancy would be based on rates, reliability and fulfillment of required goods and not its geopolitical influence. The same issue goes with China. The USA is so dependant on them for goods, yet they criticize them so much and would go to war if things get messy with issues like Taiwan or South China Sea. The issue with Russia is a big hypocrite move. NATO has no business meddling with Ukraine-Russia affairs. But they want to stick their nose because it is Russia. With other buddy countries they don't care to intervene because it's not their problem while thousands of civilians and innocent people die around the world due to conflicts, but somehow they are "worried and care" about Ukraine.

[@scratchy996]

@@dknight25 ok , IVAN.

[@motimobo]

Europe can reduce it's reliance on fossil fuels by 90%. The only reason we're still burning fossil fuels for electricity generation is because it's so profitable for shareholders.

[@markthomasson5077]

No mention of energy storage!

[@Architectofawesome]

We need to also check for bird migration routes before we chuck these farms everywhere.

[@csolisr]

Most of these are being placed offshore, precisely to reduce the risk of affecting wild life

[@Starship737]

Thats the super important point..these greedy politicians dont care

[@thekinginyellow1744]

Germany! Restart your nuclear facilities. As someone with advanced Physics degrees who has friends who study climate change let me tell you something (This is not actually original to me, but I do not recall the source) "People who study nuclear power are comfortable with nuclear power. People who study climate change are terrified of climate change." Also: France! France is the model.

[@daniellarson3068]

As a total nobody, you are right. However, the building and operation of new Gen IV and restarted nukes must be done by people on guard. Just like using gasoline or gunpowder, one should never have total comfort.

[@thekinginyellow1744]

@Peter from NZ Faster to ramp up. Yes, without a doubt. Charge per watt. I don't believe it for a second. Show me your reference, esp. with regards to Germany. Sea based wind power is going to be subject to degradation massively higher than is being reported due to the oxidizing effects of the salt air. Furthermore, the costs of the interconnects, and the lawsuits that will come as Solar is built in traditional fishing grounds will drive up the price even further.

[@thekinginyellow1744]

@@daniellarson3068 Perhaps comfort is not the right word. The pitfalls of nuclear power must be respected, but it can be managed.

[@TheBandit7613]

@Peter from NZ He's a liar! Renewables cost 4X as much as a conventional power plant. Look at Germany's renewables.

[@ichmantel403]

@@thekinginyellow1744 Why don't you look it up? I always find it strange when people ask for sources that they can easily google and which are uncontroversial. It is a well known fact that nuclear power is by far the most expensive commercial energy source. It is only competitive through massive subsidies.

[@gjmotorsport]

Germany rejecting Nuclear power is an unforgivable disaster

[@johnmasterman]

UK has the largest offshore wind farms in the world. You fail to mention. Doesn’t always generate electricity though

[@Daniel-gs9eh]

Thank you Germany

[@GreenAppelPie]

Good job Putin, you brought a nice push to renewable energy.

[@rogerburn5132]

The only problem is you have to wait 20 years LOL But China is very competitive on cheap Russian gas. 😄😄😄

[@eevor]

Maybe if Germany rolled back its idiotic decision to turn of nuclear reactors, and instead focus on building more, things would be better and greener...

[@Sandertie1]

Exactly! Green energy alone wont be able to do it

[@daddyg88]

nothing like shutting the door after the horse has bolted

[@dejavu9605]

They need to figure out how to store renewable energy.

[@SerginhoPMoura]

Well, we have to thank Putin for that, really, thank you, Putin... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@luc_libv_verhaegen]

Great. Danish PM in english. Dutch PM in english. Belgian PM in english. German Chancellor, in german. Scholz is a relic.

[@Leopold_van_Aubel]

The EU has 24 official languages and 3 working languages. That's good.

[@loopy7057]

Did he really just say "the land in the North Sea"?

[@eastern2western]

Yes, I am sure that sun and wind work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

[@BobuxGuy]

no one claims that

[@Cutieplus]

Wind Power Ranking: 1, China 328GW, 2, US 122GW, 3, India 39GW, 4,France 32GW If you remember the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are all powered by the newly built wind & solar farm in Zhangjiakou. All the extra energy are used to produce hydrogen, then power those 1200 hydrogen fuel cell shuttle bus used during the Olympic.

[@tjward2370]

Yeah China is so invested in wind power that's why they're in the process of building 18 thorium reactors, which is the way to go because wind and solar will never be enough

[@jont2576]

328gw wow ......thats massive,China's consumption is what 100 terawatts?

[@MDP1702]

@@tjward2370 Wind (and renewables in general obviously) is out producing nuclear in China and the amount of newly build capacity also outpaces that of nuclear. China is just as quickly as possible creating more production capacity in all forms. Partially due to growing demand and to lower the enormous amount of coal power plants it is currently using.

[@MDP1702]

@@jont2576 In 2020 wind was responsible for 6% of their production, nuclear 4,8%. Renewables in general (so wind, solar and hydro) 29%. the majority comes from coal with 60%.

[@lutzfilor56]

It should go into Photovoltaic, Storage and Geothermal - invest into the distributed energy production - no more centralized energy provider - private households only and you get the Energywende

[@princedukenkanteen2636]

Even they invest 3 trillions Euro yet they need gas and oils for other purposes. And in 28 years Europe population should be up in additional 280millions

[@anthonyamaro1771]

Now that's impressive 👏

[@Alexandra-dd1su]

As a huge greeney I highly support this, refreshing for oil/gas dependent economics as well, but doubt oil lobby is so forgiving.

[@babblo1389]

Enjoy your room temperature at 10c this winter, greeny😉. Unless you are great at farting in bed🤣🤣🤣

[@ubroberts5541]

All forms of energy should be welcomed.

[@Alexandra-dd1su]

@@ubroberts5541 we can only speculate anyway. Western Europe is a teeny tiny bit

[@TheAdrianoos]

Wind power generation is strictly tied to gas power plants, and highly dependent to them.

[@Alexandra-dd1su]

@@TheAdrianoos thanks for clarifying 💚

[@ramirogarai]

Hopefully EU will dump ALL Russia’s products before the end of this year

[@demiglas7942]

this year....so u want scientists works like machine...

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Shouldn't this be a matter for the EU's nation states rather than for the Union?

[@stealth0mato812]

this is why we have the EU, to do things together and more efficiently, its always better to coordinate large project

[@borissavinkov440]

Actually, it's stopped the stampede toward renewables. Frances has put 21 closed nuclear power plants back on line. Britain and Germany are going back to coal. Video on YT shows a massive coal mine operating in Germany. This week they bulldozed a wind farm next to the mine.

[@eddietat95]

Retaining nuclear energy could have made this transition to wind and solar much easier and much cheaper, incentivizing the full switch to electric power in industry and transportation AND with the added bonus of decreasing dependence on Russian fossil fuel. But, the climate activists had to have their way: "no nuclear", they cried. Green activism, in this case, aided and abetted economic stagnation, poverty, fascism, and ultimately war. No, green activism is not a bad thing. It just needs better guidance and realistic thinking.

[@cherrycoyote55]

I consider myself a green activist and I 100% agree with nucular energy. It is a must.

[@gdiwolverinemale2745]

Well, since the left is (and has always been) schizophrenic, the two inner persons cannot ever agree on anything

[@tjward2370]

They could have had 60 thorium reactors built in 4 months and only spent about $125 billion euros and powered all of Europe

[@biocapsule7311]

I am generally supportive of some level of nuclear power as supplement. But the concerns by most opposition does have their merit in this case. It's one of those things that it only takes 1 to fail to be really really bad.

[@lesseirgpapers9245]

They have no clue. The price for electricity went up 3X. clowns with big words.

[@whyindeed9937]

8:00 1.) It was done. It was called Energiewende. 2.) It was the entire reason Nord Stream 1 & 2 were built. 3.) The US put sanctions of Germany for building it, as it represented a very explicit risk to a multitude of NATO countries. 4.) It is the principal reason Russia was able to invade Ukraine.

[@urbansenicar81]

Wait a minute. Why should the landlocked countries be paying subsidies and latter twice as much for the energy produced in the North sea? (Do not give me studies on feasibility of renewables, that's not how the market economy works.)

[@talideon]

Those landlocked countries will also be receiving power from the offshore wind farms. Countries in Europe don't have isolated grids anymore. Building these as joint ventures makes sense because it brings more resources to bear, which benefits all participating countries. Also, where are you getting this "twice as much" from?

[@urbansenicar81]

@@talideon That's great! Joint venture in a loosing project, taking the loss as an investor, higher prices for the product as a consumer and the shinny jobs stay in the North Sea. What's there not to like? Does not take a genius to know were it all that rosy, we would not be shipping coal and oil from half way around the globe. And don't get me started on implications of energy costs on a manufacturing power house that was and is Europe. Do you think it's very hard to ship manufacturing to a different place in 10 to 20 years time?

[@talideon]

@@urbansenicar81 Wow, you'll literally find anything to pick on, won't you? We're well past offshore wind farms being unprofitable. If everyone had your attitude, no large infrastructure projects would get done.

[@urbansenicar81]

@@talideon Yeah, it seems appropriate, if you're intending to blindly flush 300 billions down the toilet. I'm very sorry to be nitpicking. They would get done. Just not for a photo shooting opportunity.

[@urbansenicar81]

@@talideon If you're so past it, what are the 300 billions for?

[@craigkdillon]

Thank you Putin. You are so kind. EU is now going all in to use renewable energy for electricity generation. True, this was going to happen anyway -- in 20 or 30 years. But, with your kind assistance, EU will do it in 5 years. Putin, you are so underappreciated. PS. I am being snarky

[@StephanWoelcher]

This is great but modern nuclear power should be added in the mix as well

[@ddshiranui]

New nuclear plants take like 20 years to build, just look at what France is projecting. As a source of energy, nuclear is quite simply uneconomic -- compared to green energy, nuclear is too slow to expand, and much more costly to build (and later decommission), able to survive only thanks to massive taxpayer subsidies. To say nothing of operators increasing incident risks by skimping on mandated safety features and training because it'd reduce profitability even further.

[@weenisw]

This is great. Step 2 is to plan nuclear construction equally ambitiously. Ask France for help because they’ve mastered it and succeeded better than any other nation. They’re right next door. Renewables are great but you will hit a limit and require non-fossil base load. And yes, sure, batteries will help a little but they too have a massive footprint, labor tyranny and abuse abroad, and they have a limit to how much can be made (especially with other products demanding batteries and the rest of the world also wanting batteries)

[@lours6993]

Agreed, but one has to overcome the anti-nuclear hysteria in Germany first.

[@1RikAtiC1]

​​@@lours6993 yeah , the germans rather burn browncoal..

[@sollte1239]

Frances nuclear reactors are old and broken. Germany even had to sell France energy this winter because France had to renovate the reactors.

[@lours6993]

@@sollte1239 Misinformation : some are old and due for decommissioning. Others are next generation. There are 56.

[@Tobias-ld2pv]

There is no reason to waste limited funds on the most expensive form of energy we know, when much cheaper, scalable and cost effective solution exist in the form of wind and solar. This counterfactual nonsense has to stop

[@naskutak]

I don't understand... Russia Russia Russia... We Eu are following like ships us politic. Don't we have out own Brain? To really see what is going on

[@iceman4660]

Bills will go up as the tax payers will end up paying for any incentives to make investments in renewable energy attractive

[@iceman4660]

@@---nu4ed I agree but based on past experience these short term pains can last decades and only a minority will be able to cope with it. In the UK a portion of our utility bills are to subsidise such renewable energy sources. This has been in force for years and is unlikely to bear fruit just yet

[@aoikemono6414]

"children" will tell you what they are taught. Children will think quicksand is everywhere and the blackout challenge is cool. Are we really using children as political pawns now?

[@sunrae3971]

I have the feeling this will become a North vs. South European two pace development. Huge solar plants make sense in furthest southern Europe for best efficiency. Many of these regions suffer mass unemployment, so it would bring new jobs. But i am somewhat skeptic money will end up in some kind of mafia or political corrupted hole. Also i do not see the great European plan connecting the dots of production and distribution while developing countries who may needed a economical boost.

[@Snaakie83]

there's a huge shortage of workers in the Netherlands for instance...on the long term it will mean a shift of workers throughout the EU. anyone can work anywhere...

[@sunrae3971]

@@Snaakie83 If we go down that route of creating regions of poverty, while being ignorant there will be no EU in the long term. As a East German i can tell you this first hand. When the Russians occupied East Germany, huge Companies like Siemens, Audi, Zeiss, Deutsche Bank where shifted into West Germany. They create wealth till today and the West acts like they invented the word "work".. And when the wall came down another deindustrialization started. Now look who is voting more likely Anti-EU in Germany. And East-Germany is still a somewhat positive Example compared to regions like south Italy, Bulgaria, Greece or Romania.

[@motimobo]

What are you talking about? Your ideas about "Southern European development" are out of date. The only corruption involved with regard to renewables are the fossil fuel funded politicians who are constantly putting the brakes on new installations with bogus objections. Portugal and Spain are some of Europe's biggest wind power generators they've been pushing wind energy for 2 decades now. Spain is second in total wind power capacity only to Germany in Europe. Portugal has more wind power capacity per capita than Spain! (It's a small country). Spain accounts for over half of the worlds Concentrated Solar generation (2300 Megawatts - twice the US total). Spain opened the worlds first commercial CSP plant back in 2008. 2 new interconnectors between between North Africa (Algeria and Morocco) are being built to take advantage of the huge renewable resources there. Any country in the world can build wind power capacity, it's a technological no brainer. . It's always windy somewhere! Solar panels are becoming so cheap now, that poor villages in Africa and India are getting power for water pumps and irrigation for the first time.

[@sunrae3971]

@@motimobo i specified "Italy, Bulgaria, Greece or Romania" in my second comment. But nice Essay.

[@ernestmcauley5556]

What about sanctions on Nord stream 2 ???

[@GamingDad]

Actually, nuclear power is the greener and more potent than any windmill.

[@basementcat5618]

Don't renewable energy projects depend on Russian minerals of some kind? Maybe the French have the right idea with nuclear energy.

[@anonanon7235]

Look up where the World's uranium comes from. You got it boy, Russia, Ukraine (south)

[@basementcat5618]

@@anonanon7235 hmm

[@EarthCreature.]

Finally.. Proactivity.. As if the left and progressives haven't warned of this scenario to begin with over and over and over. It's about time.

[@rich2583]

it's funny because German is turning on the coal plants again

[@LB-py9ig]

I had no idea Donald Trump was a left wing progressive.

[@curtcoller3632]

Professor: What is a "windpark": Student: A place where the wind can stop and park. Professor: Not entirely correct, but okay, you passed. This student then became Professor!

[@Jesse-ey5xd]

How much will it cost to electrify? Less than everything.

[@roger55es]

Let's see if they do what the say So far EU is a disaster on its policies. Dreaming of ideas to put into practice and generate a 0 demand for fossil fuels

[@ev.c6]

Thanks Putin for being the greatest NATO recruiter in history AND such an influential world leader in making countries adopt renewable energy sources so fast. 😂

[@anonanon7235]

First, Finland and Sweden have a combined population of 14 million. Second, "renewables" isn't going to fly. It's not just oil and gas that Russia has. It's wood, metals, coal, oil, gas, other petroleum products. You do realize that wind turbines, solar arrays, panels, all require a lot of well, oil, gas, concrete, metals, etc to build right?

[@ClannCholmain]

@@anonanon7235 it’s happening, and renewables can make renewables, here in Ireland I haven’t had to pay for daytime electricity for months, I have a 40 kWh battery car, solar voltaic panels, which are guaranteed for 25 years, house battery which I top up at night, solar tubes for hot water, a water well which is used in conjunction with a geothermal unit for house heating, and the house is rated as A3 for insulation. Yourself?

[@balachandranramasamy1731]

Mere announcement of funds allotment not enough. European countries close to North sea and Nordic countries can urgently explore oil and gas around their territory.

[@motimobo]

No we're running low on North Sea oil do you think we haven't been looking? And we don't want to keep adding CO2 to the atmosphere. We're already at 422ppm (It was 270ppm before the industrial revolution) which means we're very close to or already at a tipping point where all the worlds oceans, forests and swamps release their stored CO2 and methane into the atmosphere.

[@Miamcoline]

I don't get why we don't do nuclear again? There seems to be huge improvements in the technology to make it much much safer and much much better waste disposal. In 8 years, we could easily build enough natural gas infrastructure and nuclear infrastructure to completely replace our current sources of energy other than oil surely. I still want to say thank you to our EU leaders though for finally pushing seriously forward on a Green New Deal! Please keep up the momentum and talk to those on the forefront of energy research and activism as they will have invaluable experiences of the mistakes not to make! France, the UK and Norway have to get involved as well please! And the rest of Europe as well of course! And thank you to the great interviewer for consistently holding guests to account!

[@scratchy996]

"seems to be huge improvements" - that's the problem it "seems", but there are no practical improvements, they are all theoretical. Also the nuclear fuel comes form Russia. Even the US buys 10% of their nuclear fuel from Russia. The EU needs to work close with the US on geothermal energy production development. Then there are promising recycling technologies that need funding.

[@Miamcoline]

@@scratchy996 Do you have any good reading material on this stuff? I would like to know more about our options as a planet currently (other than waiting on new battery technology of course).