This winter saw the lowest production of coal-fired electricity in Germany in decades. From early December to the end of February, coal-fired power plants generated just over 30 terawatt-hours of electricity. Seven years ago, this figure was more than double, and even in the winter of 2022/23, when three nuclear power plants were still online, the amount of electricity generated from coal-fired power plants was around 40 percent higher than it was recently. The warnings expressed by various parties, including the Union and the FDP, that the nuclear phase-out would lead to an increase in coal-fired electricity have thus not been confirmed. On the contrary, the opposite has occurred.