German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm to make way for a further expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in the Western region of North Rhine Westphalia.

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Most European countries including Germany use less electricity now than in the 90s, so the percentage would have risen if you kept the same output of nuclear power

Nuclear peaked at 11% in the 90s and is now zero

You can see an energy mix time series on here-

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-source-and-country?country=~DEU

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