Re:Germany boosts renewables with “biggest energy policy ref...
by TremendousJudge on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @03:59PM
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>while the share of electricity from coal has has actually gone slightly down
But the electricity generation in general has gone up since then. While total coal has gone down, gas has gone up, and therefore the total amount of electricity generated from fossil fuel sources has only changed slightly. It's clear on this chart[0]. So actual progress in reducing fossil fuel dependency in the last 20 years has been small (the chart is not properly labeled for this, but it looks like something around 50TWh less than in 2002) -- and that's not even counting non-electric heating.
[0] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...
The nuclear phase out was signed and ratified in 2002, since then nuclear has mostly replaced with solar and wind [0], while the share of electricity from coal has has actually gone slightly down.
Germany's 40%+ renewables are an testament to Germany pioneering the sector [1], one that too often gets belittled with straight up misinformation.
[0] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-c...
[1] https://www.trade.gov/energy-resource-guide-germany-renewabl...