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The German government decided to phase-out nuclear power by end of 2022, however this has been delayed until April 2023 due to supply disruption caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, [8] meaning that future growth in renewables will be needed to fill the gap again. Germany also plans to phase out coal by 2038 or earlier. [9]
Energy in Germany is obtained primarily from fossil fuels, accounting for 77.6% of total energy consumption in 2023, followed by renewables at 19.6%, and 0.7% nuclear power. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On 15 April 2023, the three remaining German nuclear reactors were taken offline, completing the country's nuclear phase-out plan. [ 3 ]
Bayer-Power Station Leverkusen: Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia: 220 720 used until 1944 as carrier for Bayer Cross Leverkusen: Bergkamen Power Station: Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia: 747: 282 925 1981: Coal: Berlin-Buch Power Plant: Berlin
World electric generation by country and source in 2022 [1] This is a list of countries and dependencies by annual electricity production. China is the world's largest electricity producing country, followed by the United States and India. Data are for the year 2022 and are sourced from Ember. [1]
German power prices fell into negative territory for four hours on Thursday. Negative prices are part of a growing trend in Europe amid the growth in renewable power generation.
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Other members of the Free Democratic Party have called for the nuclear power plants to be at least maintained as a precautionary measure in case they are needed in the future for power generation. [49] In April 2024, there was a controversy related to the decommissioning of nuclear power plants in Germany.