Nuclear energy is dangerous, extractive, and wasteful. If Germany can make due without nuclear the world can.
Nuclear is the least exploitative, least wasteful, least deadly and most safe power generation method. Every other method is at least 10 times less safe, more wasteful and more exploitative, going up to absurd amount of exploitation and waste in case of solar due to low conversion efficiency and the requirement of a large amount of rare elements and absolutely absurd amount of required land which should be nature and not solar panels - think about all the lost ecosystems when you drive past solar arrays (same goes for hydro, which completely destroys water ecosystems).
In 2019, Germany was the biggest power exporter in europe. In 2018, Germany exported 50 TWh of energy, enough to power all of Portugal for an entire year [1]. In fact, neighbour countries had to install devices to prevent Germany from swamping their own networks with excess energy.
Maybe there are days where Germany has to buy power. And yes, we have to import things like oil, LNG or coal (for which the newly built coal plant is btw). But the electric power production of Germany over an entire year is more than its demand, so Germany is a exporter.
[1]: https://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/themen/strom/verfehlte...
Okay, lets investigate the claim about Germany buying a lot of power during winter. [2] shows that the seasonal variance in the renewable share is reasonably low. There is one big 9% dip in November but that is about it. That same site also has a nice export chart [3]. Germany did indeed import 1.2TWh from France in December but what about the other months?
Amount of electricity Germany imported from France in 2019
January 130GWh
February 543GWh
March 962 GWh
April 848 Gwh
May 1.8 TWh
June 2.1 TWh
Juli 1.6 TWh
August 2.2 TWh
September 1.7 TWh
October 1.1 TWh
November 673 GWh
December 1.2 TWh
Well, I'm actually surprised by this myself. Germany imported very little energy during Winter and a huge amount during every other season. Overall french electricity imports make up 2.8% of energy consumed in Germany. In terms of energy trade this is quite a significant number but in terms of energy self sufficiency that is almost nothing.
[0] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...
[1] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...
[2] https://www.energy-charts.de/ren_share_de.htm?source=ren-sha...
[3] https://www.energy-charts.de/exchange_de.htm?source=de_pf&ye...
Look up Datteln 4. It's one block of an existing coal plant that opened in 1964 with the other three blocks ceasing operation in 2014 and the new block having opened this year. So it's not in your graph yet but even if it were I doubt it would show up. Not much in the great picture, but still a sad symbol.
Agree with the other parts of your comment.