On 15 April 2023 Germany took its final three nuclear power plants - Isar 2, Emsland and Neckarwestheim 2 (about 4 GW combined) - offline, completing a decades-long, legally mandated nuclear phase-out after a brief energy-crisis extension. The decision shifted reliance toward renewables and, in the short term, gas and coal.
On 15 April 2023 Germany took its final three nuclear power plants - Isar 2, Emsland and Neckarwestheim 2 (about 4 GW combined) - offline, completing a decades-long, legally mandated nuclear phase-out after a brief energy-crisis extension. The decision shifted reliance toward renewables and, in the short term, gas and coal.
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Removing nuclear baseload increases the policy imperative and headroom for renewables in Germany, modestly reinforcing the buildout driver (though it also raised short-term fossil reliance).
