> Now nuclear has been phased out

You can't really blame solar for phasing out nuclear. That was a political decision. Uranium mostly comes from Russia and China too, so it's not like it was geopolitically "safer" than gas.

> The old nuclear and coal plants would have been cheaper than replacing them with solar and gas.

Gas's share of electricity generation has not meaningfully changed in Germany since 2015. [1] It's ranged from 80 to 95 TWh. Last year it was 82 TWh.

That data also shows coal's share of generation reducing since 2022. If coal is really cheaper than solar and wind, why is Germany using less of it?

> Possibly because solar is extremely expensive during the night or on overcast days

Today gas power plants cover the shortage. As I've already showed you, Germany isn't using meaningfully more gas than it used to even during nuclear's heyday (which was in 2006, when nuclear generated 167 TWh and 74.6TWh came from gas).

Solar and batteries are already cheaper than gas in sunny climes. [2] It's only a matter of time before they're the cheapest source of nighttime power in Germany.

You're operating on information from 3 years ago and haven't changed your mind since then.

1. https://ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/?ent...

2. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2025/06/Ember-24-Hour-S...