[drchaos]

Technically true, but still misleading, as the total production has gone down significantly:

2022: 491,8 TWh 2023: 436,8 TWh

So Germany is not replacing fossil fuels with renewables, it just produces less electricity overall. Which might be caused by the fact that electricity is so expensive nowadays, that especially energy-intensive industries are getting less and less economical, so they lower their production or even shut down completely and move elsewhere.

[ViewTrick1002]

How much of the production in 2023 were to prop up France's ailing nuclear plants?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-fr...

[locallost]

In 2023 nothing because the plants are back online, but last year a lot. Although Germany does traditionally export electricity to France in the winter because France doesn't have enough to cover electrical heating. Not sure what happened this winter.

[mahkeiro]

French wind production is covering the needs currently. During end of December French production was mostly wind + nuclear.

[locallost]

That's great to hear. Energy-charts has data to 2014, and until last winter Germany exported more to France in every winter month except one, I think February 2022 or something.

[locallost]

Total production went down 12% and fossil fuel production went down 22%. So even in that sense fossil fuels are replaced with renewables.

The energy intensive industries that are affected mostly use natural gas. Energy prices for both gas and electricity have reduced significantly this year.