alt Hacker NewsAssuming a large contributing factor is all the coal plants now running to sustain Germany's independence from nuclear? Berlin's air quality has also tanked a lot since the energy crisis started.
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But coal and lignite power production in TWh in Germany went down over the last decades? [0] Are you saying Germany is importing form Poland who is using goal power plants?
[0] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-c...
Germany isn't importing that much. Keeping nuclear would have helped exporting more clean power, including to Poland but that's another topic
In January Germany exported more than 900GWh, in December Germany imported about 1400, but Poland also imported 290.
Why would you jump to this conclusion? I wonder why some people on internet are repeating narratives like drones.
Poland has largest use of coal in EU. Czechia and Germany are behind. Poland is including energy from sun and wind now a lot but there is still long way. Unlike surrounding countries they never had nuclear for some reason. https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/PL/live/
Berlin's air quality is on par with what you find in the middle of the forest in Poland. I've done my measurements in both places.
Germany's emissions fell by 13% since the energy crisis started. Driven by reductions in the energy sector.
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/finale-daten-fuer-2024...
Wrong assumption, it’s been that way long before the energy crisis started.