For years the share of coal in the German energy mix had been in decline, and this trend continued after the start of the nuclear phase out. So "nuclear power

For years the share of coal in the German energy mix had been in decline, and this trend continued after the start of the nuclear phase out. So "nuclear power was mostly replaced with power from coal" could be misleading... (Plus the price of coal had played a role for some spikes of coal consumption some years, which is independent of the phase out...)