> I understand that if Germany had chosen nuclear over wind, that decline would not happen This doesn't make sense unless nuclear power plants blow additional

> I understand that if Germany had chosen nuclear over wind, that decline would not happen This doesn't make sense unless nuclear power plants blow additional wind. See my other comment for a simple example. Keeping nuclear plants alive vs. not keeping them alive doesn't change the picture of inter-annual generation changes unless those shutdowns happened exactly between those two years.