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This coal spiel is getting so old. This shift to coal in the German energy mix hasn't materialized. This is counter to what many predicted (or hoped?) would happen as the nuclear share weaned.

The facts:

In the time frame 2010 to 2020, the share of nuclear energy in the German energy mix has halved, from 22% to 11%.

At the same time, the share of lignite in the energy mix has dwindled from 23% to 16%. The share of hard coal has gone from 19% to 7%.

Germany reduced its nuclear power output while at the same time reducing its coal power output by even more than its nuclear output.

Gas is up by 2 percentage points, but renewables have more than doubled their market share in 10 years time, and now make up 45% of the power mix (was 17% in 2010).

So no, Germany simply is not switching to coal (or even gas for that matter), and renewable energy production is ramping up rapidly.

Source: Agora Energiewende