Using lignite only slowed the reduction of coal, nuclear was almost completely replaced by renewables.
https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c...
Using lignite only slowed the reduction of coal, nuclear was almost completely replaced by renewables.
https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c...
You can see here [1] that on a time frame of 2000 to 2022 Germany is yet to replace reduction of nuclear generation (Kernkraft) with renewables. Construction of renewables in 2023 has only accelerated 50% relative to 2022 [2].
[1] https://www.tech-for-future.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/... [2] https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/installed_power/chart....
Which is another misrepresentation of statistics given that we use less electricity today than 20 years ago.
See this page for "all varieties" of the same graphs. Generally coal is on a downward trajectory, except the blip for the Covid years.
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-c...
Not to mention all the previously closed plants.
Every MW of nuclear shut down while coal is still running is coal displacing nuclear.