Solar Germany exporting electricity to nuclear France ! even in dark months of winter

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The future looks bright

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829170.200-we-can-let-fission-fizzle-out-in-a-renewable-world.html
AT THE start of this year Germany officially entered the Dark Ages
again � at least according to its state weather service. A mere 22.5
hours of sunshine were recorded in January � a 60-year low

This proved groundless. Despite the reactor switch-offs, Germany was
able to help nuclear neighbour France as she struggled to meet
electric heating needs in the winter immediately after Fukushima.
According to recent figures released by the Federal Statistical
Office, German electricity exports in 2012 hit a four-year high, which
also rebuts the popular fallacy that the country relies on imported
electricity from nuclear plants in France or the Czech Republic.

To put things in perspective: under the present system the average
German is expected to pay �5 a month towards the feed-in tariff. This
is a sound investment in clean technology, protecting us from the
spiralling prices of conventional energy