[delucain]

I would hardly say it's dead. It's just dead domestically for Germany. Germany imports a large quantity of power from France (which relies almost entirely a nuclear for production).

[cygx]

Germany has been a net exporter of electricity since 2003. It exported more electricity than ever in 2013 and has a positive balance of trade with France.

Granted, that's just economics at work as both countries are net exporters - but keep in mind that France periodically has troubles when it gets too hot to use river water for efficient cooling.

The proportion of renewable energy sources in Germany has risen to 23.4%.

Source: http://www.ag-energiebilanzen.de/index.php?article_id=29&fil... (PDF)

edit: Germany has been a net exporter since 2003 - 2008 was a typo.

[lispm]

Germany actually has an export SURPLUS of electricity with France.

[LBarret]

mmm...that's not what I read/heard. Germany had a surplus sometimes during the year but on the average it's a consumer more than a producer.

edit : what I just wrote is untrue, Germany is a net exporter (since 2012) but suffer from the important irregularity of solar/wind production (overproduction and underproduction happen regularly and may damage the network).

And, 46% of the electricity is coming from coal...

[lispm]

> mmm...that's not what I read/heard. Germany had a surplus sometimes during the year but on the average it's a consumer more than a producer.

But that's wrong.

> Germany is a net exporter (since 2012) but suffer from the important irregularity of solar/wind production (overproduction and underproduction happen regularly and may damage the network).

That's the same with nuclear. France has lots of surplus power on weekends, in the night and on holidays. On demand peaks in summer and winter they have not enough.

> may damage the network

Peak demands like in France can also damage the network.

> And, 46% of the electricity is coming from coal...

That will shrink a lot in the coming decades.