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    From Gordon@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 30 00:41:40 2024
    https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/spain-and-portugal-both-get-40-of-their-electricity-from-solar-and-wind

    Now I have to ask is this installed capacity or output power? The norm seems
    to be the former which is not really truthful/useful.

    Note these figures are for 2023, so what have they done in 2024 and has the faultering EV market numbers had any influence.

    So we have a figure we can quote to impress our friends.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Gordon on Mon Dec 30 01:40:18 2024
    Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: >https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/spain-and-portugal-both-get-40-of-their-electricity-from-solar-and-wind

    Now I have to ask is this installed capacity or output power? The norm seems >to be the former which is not really truthful/useful.

    Note these figures are for 2023, so what have they done in 2024 and has the >faultering EV market numbers had any influence.

    So we have a figure we can quote to impress our friends.
    I note the use of the term "clean energy", it is a misnomer. These methods of generation may be cleaner than some others but they are not clean.
    We need to be better at describing what we mean and a website like the one you linked to should know better.

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