But that’s a false dichotomy. Renewables are already good enough and are still getting better.
The rest is Gas, which has become very expensive this winter. And Coal.
We would need to invest into power-to-gas like crazy if we wanted any shot of providing a base load.
But sadly it went slightly up from 24% to 24,5% in 2020 (don't have the source at hand right now for this second statistic).
Are they? I was under the impression they required some sort of subsidy and/or restrictions on natural gas production to be competitive.