The very very northern tip of Germany reaches almost as far north as the southernmost tip of the Alaskan panhandle, but most of Germany is more like mid-south Canada on a latitude basis.

Northern Germany is much more specialized into wind power, and the south is more solar intensive (though solar is more evenly spread throughout the country than Wind, thanks to ease of installation, and the fact that it still produces tonnes of electricity in the summer).

Solar should be built in Alaska, but wind and hydro is what should be actively subsidized and supported by the government. The market can take care of solar penetration in Alaska if you let it.

At what cost?

Doesn’t Germany now have some of the most costly electricity in the OECD?

For a while there we kept hearing about plug in balcony solar in Germany.

Electricity generation used to be a solved problem, now it’s so bad people want to connect solar on their apartment balcony.

And we’re supposed to believe this is progress?