Was Germany cleaner than France on January 11? No
On January 11[†] Germany had a carbon intensity in generation of 449 gCO2eq/kWh compared to France's 42 gCO2eq/kWh.
Figure 1: Each dot represents one of the 68 hours with complete data[†] so far this year. Germany was cleaner than France for 0 hours. France's dirtiest hour (66 gCO2eq/kWh) had a lower carbon intensity than Germany's cleanest hour (137 gCO2eq/kWh).
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Occasionally some generation types report with long delays or are missing from ENTSO-E data.
Hours for which not all expected generation types have reported are excluded.
Data for all generation types was most recently available on January 11.
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