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Erwin Proell, the governor of Lower Austria (the largest of Austria's 9 states, with a population of 1.6 million) announced on Thursday that his state now gets 100% of its electricity from renewable sources (63% hydroelectric, 26% wind, 9% biomass and 2% solar).
"Since 2002 we have invested 2.8 billion euros ($3bn) in eco-electricity, from solar parks to renewing (hydroelectric) stations on the Danube," Proell told a news conference.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by gman003 on Saturday November 07 2015, @02:20AM
Sure, they had the advantage of geography - lots of mountains and rivers to run hydro on. By it's solid proof that pure renewables can be done. They are now absolutely in the realm of "possible but hard", not "impossible" - and if things keep going the way they are, soon enough they'll be merely "possible".
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday November 07 2015, @03:11AM
I'm not so sure it was solid proof of anything. There was nothing said about how many coal plants were shut down. In fact the only Coal power plant [wikipedia.org] I can find in the country was recently built to substitute for nuclear power station that never went on line after it was built.
A quick look at google earth suggests Dürnrohr Power Station is still operational.
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(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday November 07 2015, @09:12AM
Indeed at the web site of the power company operating that plant [www.evn.at] [in German] it also looks as if the power plant is still operational. One would expect that the company would be the first to know when their power plant is switched off.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @11:26PM
I looked at your link, but it told me "Error 404 – Seite nicht gefunden".
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday November 07 2015, @11:52PM
Strange. I just clicked on the link in my comment, and got the page again.
However I notice that there's a link to an English version of the page that doesn't work. So maybe it's an effect of automatic language selection with no English page available?
The pages seem to do explicit language selection with GET options, so maybe the following link works for you:
https://www.evn.at/EVN-Group/Energie-Zukunft/Energie-aus-Niederosterreich/Gas-und-Kohle.aspx?lang=de-at [www.evn.at]
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