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Seems like a misleading headline. Total energy used is at a record low:

https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/energy/chart.htm?l=en&...

Much of the decline came from gas, presumably because they stopped buying so much from Russia.

And because of the mild weather in the winter season 2022-2023. Also, private households are saving on energy as much as they can because of high prices.

Please explain how the winter temps affect electricity use. Heating only accounts for 4% of household heating sources in Germany [1].

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189752/household-heatin...

My parent's comment was about total energy usage.

That doesn't make sense, though, as the charts refer to electricity generation, not primary energy.

Oh, I'm sorry. I took "total energy consumed" too literally. You've been right and my comment doesn't make that much sense for electricity.

it's not only winter but many industrial processes moved out of Germany because of high energy price. Large chemical plants are just running at minimum capacity: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/german-chemicals...

It's striking vs the France chart, though I wonder how this reflects electricity import / exports https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/energy/chart.htm?l=en&...

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