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The gas would have been used to fill in while renewables were being built out. Now coal is filling in while renewables are being built out even faster. Without

• est31 4y ago
  Yeah, note that a lot of those renewables won't be built in Germany but outside of it, as there is simply no capacity for this in Germany. While Germany is a net exporter for electricity, it does import a large chunk of its total energy usage (electricity plus stuff like fuel for cars, heating, et). Stuff like coal or gas or oil. In 2017, it was from 70% of imports and 30% from energy harvested locally [0]. It's quite impossible that this can all be converted to renewable power sources originating in Germany. So what will likely/hopefully happen is that the closer partner countries will supply electricity to Germany via cables, while countries from further away will send Hydrogen generated from renewable sources, that will then be burned in the already existing gas plants. [0]: https://www.weltenergierat.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/81040_DNK_Energie2018_Kap4.1.pdf https://www.weltenergierat.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/810...