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masklinn 7 months ago

> As you can see, the trend is downwards and steadily at that

Lignite numbers:

2019: 114TWh, 18.7%

2020: 92TWh, 16%

2021: 110TWh, 18.8%

2022: 116TWh, 20%

2023: 88TWh, 17%

I've seen steadier terminal alcoholics.

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Symbiote 7 months ago | parent [-]

I think this graph from Wikipedia is better, as it goes back to 1990 [1].

Renewables have increased significantly, but much of that is displacing nuclear power. The remainder, plus a small increase in natural gas, his displaced hard coal and a small amount of lignite. Presumably hard coal is more expensive.

The overall trend is coal is reducing, but it's a poor show compared to Great Britain [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Germany#...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_in_Great_Britain#/...

	▲	masklinn 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		> Presumably hard coal is more expensive. Yeah, Germany did have hard coal mines but they closed a few years back as they've gotten too deep and difficult to access to be economically viable (and it was subsidised until 2018), so Germany imports hard coal. Meanwhile germany is either #1 or #2 lignite producer.