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Germany doesnt use much coal at all, it burns mineral and natural gas:

While the whole of the EU imported 53.4 percent of its energy consumption in 2014, Germany’s dependency was even higher with an import share of 61.4 percent – only slightly below the previous year’s all-time high of 62.6 percent.

Germany needs to import nearly 90% of the gas it consumes.

Germany’s exit from nuclear power and low wholesale electricity prices have boosted the comparatively cheap generation of electricity from coal, leading to a marked increase in imports of hard coal.

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-dependen...




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