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by rasz 2365 days ago
I dont see this 50% drop https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...

There might be 50% accounting drop in some reports thanks to all the biomas co-firing making coal plants ECO on paper, at the cost of freshly chopped European forests.

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> I dont see this 50% drop

Obviously, because you're looking at installed peak capacity, not actual power generation. Here you can see that coal is indeed being used less and less: https://energy-charts.de/energy_de.htm?source=all-sources&pe...