000907201 001__ 907201 000907201 005__ 20220413144251.0 000907201 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s43937-022-00007-9 000907201 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/31017 000907201 037__ $$aFZJ-2022-01889 000907201 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130810$$aLustfeld, Hans$$b0$$eCorresponding author$$ufzj 000907201 245__ $$aEnergy supply based on wind-solar power in Germany 000907201 260__ $$a[Cham]$$bSpringer International Publishing$$c2022 000907201 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000907201 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000907201 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1649771300_18975 000907201 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000907201 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000907201 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000907201 520__ $$aWind-solar power has an intrinsic huge volatility and the obvious question arises, is it possible to marginalize it to an extent that the power generation can sufficiently be synchronized with the electric power consumption being volatile as well. We present a novel function describing the volatile system as a whole. The new function, in turn, depends on three characteristic numbers, which means that the volatility of this system is characterized by those numbers. Using the data of the total electric power consumption and the total wind-solar power generation in Germany for the last seven years (2015–2021) taken every 15 minutes we determine the characteristic numbers from these data and get the result that marginalizing the volatility is possible with a minimum of required storage capacity, provided (i) a surplus of wind-solar power is supplied about doubling the number of devices, (ii) smart meters are installed, (iii) a different kind of wind turbines and solar panels is partially used. Our results suggest that all the present electric energy required in Germany can be obtained from wind-solar power if (i), (ii) and possibly (iii) are fulfilled. And our results indicate that, because of the minimal necessary storage capacity, controlled wind-solar power can in addition produce the energy for transportation, warm water, space heating and in part for process heating, requiring an increase of the electric energy production in total by a factor of 5. Then, however, a huge number of wind turbines and solar panels is required changing the appearance of German landscapes fundamentally. Our method can be applied to the wind-solar power problem of any country provided a reliable basis of power data exists over a sufficiently long period. 000907201 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5211$$a5211 - Topological Matter (POF4-521)$$cPOF4-521$$fPOF IV$$x0 000907201 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef, Journals: juser.fz-juelich.de 000907201 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)3073394-7$$a10.1007/s43937-022-00007-9$$gVol. 2, no. 1, p. 2$$n1$$p2$$tDiscover energy$$v2$$x2730-7719$$y2022 000907201 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/907201/files/Lustfeld2022_Article_EnergySupplyBasedOnWind-solarP.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000907201 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:907201$$popenaire$$popen_access$$pVDB$$pdriver$$pdnbdelivery 000907201 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)130810$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b0$$kFZJ 000907201 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-521$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-520$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-500$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$9G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5211$$aDE-HGF$$bKey Technologies$$lNatural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing$$vQuantum Materials$$x0 000907201 9141_ $$y2022 000907201 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000907201 915__ $$0LIC:(DE-HGF)CCBY4$$2HGFVOC$$aCreative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 000907201 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406$$kIAS-1$$lQuanten-Theorie der Materialien$$x0 000907201 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106$$kPGI-1$$lQuanten-Theorie der Materialien$$x1 000907201 9201_ $$0I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$$kJARA-FIT$$lJARA-FIT$$x2 000907201 9201_ $$0I:(DE-82)080012_20140620$$kJARA-HPC$$lJARA - HPC$$x3 000907201 9801_ $$aFullTexts 000907201 980__ $$ajournal 000907201 980__ $$aVDB 000907201 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000907201 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406 000907201 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 000907201 980__ $$aI:(DE-82)080009_20140620 000907201 980__ $$aI:(DE-82)080012_20140620