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Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024 energy mix, with solar contributing 14%
(www.pv-magazine.com)
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Why not? Doesn't creating the biomass require sequestering carbon?
Coal is sequestered carbon.
Difference is timescale. Coal "sequestered carbon" over millions of years, and released over a few decades.
Biomass gathers and realeases on the same timescale
Then you're saying biomass is not really sequestering carbon, essentially.
Neither is solar or wind. But they're all net-zero or near-zero carbon emissions when considering the entire lifestyle of the energy and machinery production.
I just feel that if you're growing a load of trees, it's slightly more environmentally friendly to just let them carry on growing rather than chopping them into bits and burning them.
I mean I get it, it's a way to use those old coal power stations for something, but it should be something else we need to phase out.