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Electricity in Germany would be cheaper today with a full supply of 100% renewables, EWG study finds

October 27, 2021/in Press Release, Reports/by Solar Business Hub

New short study by the Energy Watch Group (EWG) finds: Electricity would already be cheaper today with a full supply of 100% renewables

Berlin, Germany —  In the coalition negotiations for the new German government, both ambitious climate protection and the reduction of electricity prices play a central role. The previous government still expects only 45% renewables in the electricity mix by 2025.

A new short study by the Energy Watch Group offers an answer to the rising energy costs: The study calculates that a full supply with 100% renewables would already be economically competitive today compared to the current energy system based on coal, natural gas and nuclear. By 2025 at the latest, an energy system based on 100% renewables would then be significantly cheaper than power generation with fossil fuels.

© Energy Watch Group (EWG).

Hans-Josef Fell, President of EWG adds:

“Since around 2017, the electricity generation costs for solar and wind power have fallen far below the electricity generation costs of conventional power plants such as natural gas, coal or nuclear. However, this new development is largely dismissed in societal discourse with the claim that total system costs, including storage, would be far higher than those of conventional power generation. The study proves that this claim is outdated and simply wrong.”

The latest developments in the price decline of renewables and storage technologies in conjunction with the price increases of conventional power generation leave no room for doubt: since 2021, supply-secure power generation from 100% renewables is cheaper than power from newly built conventional power plants, even including storage costs.

From 2025, even conventional power plants that have already been built and depreciated will no longer be able to compete economically with newly built full-supply systems with 100% renewable energy. These findings are obtained by modeling the development of electricity prices based on current data.

Dr. Thure Traber, lead author of the study, said:

“In the next few years, conventional existing plants will no longer be economically viable to operate due to the lower costs of renewable full supply. This means that a historically favorable extensive self-sufficiency in all energy sources will be within reach in Germany and also worldwide. This revolution in the fundamental conditions of energy supply can be seen as an opportunity and must be used for immediate climate protection. This means that all energy investments must be immediately withdrawn from fossil fuels and directed into renewable energies,”

 

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About Energy Watch Group (EWG)

The Energy Watch Group (EWG) is an independent, non-profit think-and-do tank based in Berlin. We are dedicated to accelerating political action towards renewable energy and climate protection through scientific analysis, policy advice and dialogue.

For more information, visit www.energywatchgroup.org

The short study is available here.

Press contact
Sophie Marquitan
Energy Watch Group
[email protected]


Press release by Energy Watch Group. Photo credit: CC0 via Pixabay.

Tags: Energy Watch Group, Europe, Germany, renewable energy, solar energy
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