The long-term plans are of course to get rid of coal and gas, as it will be the case world wide, if humanity wants to have a future. Part of that is, that EU-w

The long-term plans are of course to get rid of coal and gas, as it will be the case world wide, if humanity wants to have a future. Part of that is, that EU-wide there are increasing costs to producing CO2. Which makes power from coal and gas more expensive. This caused a strong drop in coal energy in germany in 23, as there were cheaper alternatives. This trend is expected to continue. Gas costs saw a spike due to the war Russia started and their attempt at blackmailing Germany and consequently cutting gas delivery to Germany. Gas usage has been reduced and gas prices are roughly back to pre-war levels. But indeed, the LNG part of it is more expensive than the russian gas. On the other side, switching heating to heat pumps will reduce the overal gas consumption drastically. Gas never bore a main load of the grid, it is mostly for supporting short time demands. This role will be important with renewables, but the overall amount of gas energy will drop At the same time, buildup of renewables has been greatly sped up by the current government, the electricity is already generated buy almost 60% renewables.