Your chart ends in 2012, the picture now looks very different. I agree that there is not enough storage to go with 100% wind/solar, but phasing out nuclear does

Your chart ends in 2012, the picture now looks very different. I agree that there is not enough storage to go with 100% wind/solar, but phasing out nuclear doesn't mean using more coal in Germany. This article has some more up-to-date numbers regarding renewables. The share was already at 27% in 2014, 2016 will likely have more than 30%. I don't have 2016 numbers, but the growth in renewable production was 37% 2012-2015. And most of that growth came in 2015 with the plummet in prices for solar and onshore wind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Germany