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AlexandrBtoday at 1:46 PM4 repliesview on HN

How indeed. Yet Germany got rid of its nuclear energy capacity a few years ago.


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wongarsutoday at 1:56 PM

Signed into law in 2002, with the last reactor going offline in 2023. Depending on how you count we got rid of it a quarter-century ago.

Not the best decision, and a major reason why Germany uses so much coal and gas today. But outside some special circumstances nuclear isn't cost competitive with other renewables anymore, so for future plans it doesn't really matter

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toomuchtodotoday at 2:39 PM

~58.5% of Germany electricity came from renewables in 2025, the last of the fossil generation will be pushed out with more renewables and batteries. They deploy ~2GW/month of solar PV.

https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/12mo/monthly

As other comments mentioned, in a more perfect world, they would've run those nuclear generators longer to avoid emissions. Alas, we live in an imperfect world. Keeping grinding towards net zero.

sidpatiltoday at 3:01 PM

Is nuclear energy considered renewable?

WarmWashtoday at 2:14 PM

Chernobyl is almost conspiracy worthy with how much money it ultimately directed to Russian oil and gas coffers.