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Germany has run on 60% Wind power alone in January and February so far, even exported energy to France (because their nuclear power is in bad shape) and Poland (coal power plants are just too expensive). Just another motivation to get rid of the old power sources as soon as possible. North Stream 2 never made sense.

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Germany needs gas thanks to years of anti-nuclear, which is why we have 4x+ the carbon output for electricity of "nuclear is in bad shape" France

The only way Germany is getting rid of coal & gas is if France builds enough nuclear to power and heat Germany

This is correct in regard of electricity, yes.

And electricity is about 21% of the total energy consumed.

There is also heating 49% (which is basically all gas and oil)

And Mobility 30% (which is basically all oil)

45,8% of new buildings in 2020 had heat pumps, which are most efficient for turning electricity into heat. There are ~1,3 Million heat pumps in Germany currently, which is about 7% of all buildings. Of course, all of this could have been faster without the debate for nuclear (even if - we would not build new nuclear plants at this point, so the discussion is without meaning) and the postponement of renewable energy.

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