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by streblo 2112 days ago
Germany imports much of its electricity, which often isn’t generated from renewable resources.
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Germany is a net energy exporter of 36.6 TWh last year.

https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/153533/umfrag...

I can't read German so it's hard to consider this source. That said, it doesn't square with other sources I've seen that show Germany importing >50% of it's electricity, much of which is generated from fossil fuels:

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-dependen...

Germany produces much of electricity itself and imports some.