| ▲ | hobo123 13 hours ago | |
Well Germany did. We switched off Europe most modern (at least at the time) coal plant in Hamburg and want to phase out remaining coal and lignite. Even on sunny days we are pretty much burning gas now for electricity 24/7 (last I looked sometime in September). | ||
| ▲ | triceratops an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Germany burns just as much gas today as it did when it had nuclear power plants. | ||
| ▲ | locallost 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It did not. Germany's percentage of gas use for electricity stayed mostly flat. In absolutely numbers it went down because of less electricity use. Energy Charts from Fraunhofer publishes this data [1]. 2025 it was 49.5TWh 2010 it was over 66.4TWh Coal use went down significantly. [1] https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/energy/chart.htm?l=en&... | ||