Comment by chickenbig
14 days ago
So the link shows in 2001 nuclear generated 482.92 TWh; in 2022 wind plus solar generated 485.12 TWh. Granted coal was down in that time but gas was pretty much flat (except for 2022 when there were extenuating circumstances).
That is primary energy. Only one third of that can actually be turned into electricity.
Yes, I realised that while having trouble getting to sleep last night. France produces around 350-400TWh from nuclear, so that should have made me question the number I quoted.
So the graph is a bit misleading in that various qualities of energy are lumped together.
The claim was that Germany has now become dependent on carbon based energy sources, the link I posted shows it has always been dependent on carbon based energy sources. The dependence hasn't changed all that much in the last 20 years, it went down a bit but not much.
It probably would have gone down if nuclear energy wasn't outlawed.
It did go down, just not much. Would it have gone down more if nuclear was still on the table? Yes, that's very likely.