Something about wind and solar isn't working to meet the increasing demands in Germany
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-coal-tops-wind-as-primary-elec...
From 2020 to 2021, Coal is up 8%, Wind is down 7%, Solar is down 1%.
Non-renewable in total is up 8% and renewable is down 8%.
If they can find a battery solution that actually works, then that would be amazing, but existing solutions clearly aren't cutting it.
While it might cost more, nuclear power is extremely reliable and offers energy independence, a form of national security that is vital with Russian pipelines strongly influencing the geopolitics of the region. I hope better batteries can offer them the same, because it's sad watching coal expand dramatically.