| ▲ | bryanlarsen a day ago | |
None? In 1990 those power plants were online and yet 55% of electricity was from coal. | ||
| ▲ | throw0101d a day ago | parent [-] | |
What was the European grid mix in 1990? What were German energy imports/exports in that time frame? I would hazard to guess that the larger context of energy has changed quite a bit in the EU in the last few decades. Germany coal is not estimated to be eliminated for another 5-6 years: * https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-coal-exit-quie... How many gigawatts of coal generation could have been shutdown already if nuclear was still generating its gigawatts? | ||