To give a more detailed picture than simply saying "nuclear gone, coal&gas usage up":
- Plan was to increase wind/solar electricity by massive amounts while phasing out old nuclear power stations over twenty years
- Plan was hampered by various political parties and lots of nimby's (one conservative state basically outlawed new wind power stations)
- Hence basically nowhere close enough new green electricity generation, while still phasing out nuclear over the last twenty years.
- Prices were shifted around so that private persons had to directly pay for the small amount of subsidies for green electricity, while subsidies for coal/gas were kept the same and paid for via general taxes
- This cost was not paid by companies, hence the total amount was put on the shoulders of private persons
- This all lead to this year where gas/fuel prices went up massively everywhere, so electricity prices went up as well. This isnt a uniquely German problem. This is the case in the whole of Europe.
- Plan was to increase wind/solar electricity by massive amounts while phasing out old nuclear power stations over twenty years
- Plan was hampered by various political parties and lots of nimby's (one conservative state basically outlawed new wind power stations)
- Hence basically nowhere close enough new green electricity generation, while still phasing out nuclear over the last twenty years.
- Prices were shifted around so that private persons had to directly pay for the small amount of subsidies for green electricity, while subsidies for coal/gas were kept the same and paid for via general taxes
- This cost was not paid by companies, hence the total amount was put on the shoulders of private persons
- This all lead to this year where gas/fuel prices went up massively everywhere, so electricity prices went up as well. This isnt a uniquely German problem. This is the case in the whole of Europe.