Why Germany Hates Nuclear Power (mastodon.gamedev.place)
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That is true. [Édith: apparently not!‽]

However, import/export stats usually just show where energy is cheapest. Of course it's cheaper to use French excess nuclear energy than start a German gas/coal plant. Germany has more than enough (fossil) capacity on its own, however.

The 2022 situation in France is an outlier in this regard obviously, because it temporarily reduced French generation capacity below their needs. Also outliers: Countries like Italy and Hungary that never had enough generation capacity in the first place and do need to import rather than importing to reduce cost.

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