Comment by leonidasrup

Building new gas power plants for backup is currently the plan the Germany is implementing for it's future renewables powered electric grid.

https://biz.liga.net/en/energy/news/germany-to-build-11-gw-i...

In mean time, it looks like coal in Germany will used for longer.

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-regulator-says-n...