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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Meanwhile from the macro-picture of Germany's electricity system, renewables were the largest source of generation. They generated 40% more electricity than hard coal, 60% more than nuclear and slightly more than lignite for the first time. This hardly seems like Germany is depending more on coal.
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That's only because they split coal into brown and black. German generation in 2015 was:
Hydro: 20.24 TWh
Biomass: 56.57 TWh
Nuclear: 87.07 TWh
Brown coal: 139.44 TWh
Black coal: 103.94 TWh
Natural gas: 29.95 TWh
Wind: 85.43 TWh
Solar: 36.58 TWh
https://www.energy-charts.de/energy.htm
Included in renewables is biomass, which includes the burning of wood. Classified as carbon neutral, there are many doubts about just how clean and sustainable it actually is.