There is also wind. The mix of wind and solar works quite well in Germany. Of course, from the carbon point of view, switching off nuclear before coal is a bad

There is also wind. The mix of wind and solar works quite well in Germany. Of course, from the carbon point of view, switching off nuclear before coal is a bad idea. But there are a few considerations to be made and the original plans were much more reasonable, but not executed. - a large driver of decommissioning nuclear was about nuclear waste, safety and also costs - the original agreement from 2002 didn't set an exit date but a total amount of nuclear energy produced. Which would have meant that some reactors would have ran into the late 20ies - of course, the plan assumed build up of renewables at best speed What where the deviations from that plan? - the CDU/CSU+FDP government first prolonged the life time of nuclear, then after Fukushima shortened it beyond the original agreement. - at the same time the CDU/CSU led governments from that on did not push renewables enough, at some time they actually started curbing the buildup. As a result, there is far less renewables in the mix than there could have been. So the original plan wasn't that bad and has been screwed up considerably. Now we have to fix the situation but there is only one way ahead: continue with the switch to renewables at best speed.