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by micwag 75 days ago
> Germany has still over 100 active coal-fired power plants

No, Germany has 97 coal BLOCKS in its power plants (down from 150 in 5 years), but those are NOT all active.

Also Germany's coal consumption is at an all time low, down a third in only 5 years.

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fyi it's mostly because of becoming net importer and deindustrialization. Amount of low carbon TWh is unchanged since 2015