The hard facts speak against Germany’s obsessive belief in “renewables” as being the alleged dominant source of power in the future. The association of German electricity providers, BDEW, reports in its review for 2021 that coal and gas, the share of which in the national energy mix was to decrease according to the green plans of the government, have instead seen an increase this past year, their share rising from 35 to 40 percent. Renewables, however, have seen their share declining from 44 to 41 percent.
Coal use went up by 18 percent for lignite, and by even 27 percent for hard coal; wind decreased by 12 percent. Nuclear increased by 7 percent—with six reactors still in service, although three of them will be switched off on Dec. 31. These three reactors alone account for 6 percent of the national energy mix.
