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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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.
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).
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