Germany Abandons Nuclear Power, Despite Energy Crisis.

Germany is shutting down its last three nuclear reactors, despite the energy crisis, as it bets on succeeding in its green transition without nuclear power. The country is implementing the decision to phase out nuclear power taken in 2002 and accelerated by Angela Merkel in 2011, after the Fukushima disaster. The last three plants supplied 6% of the country's energy last year, compared with 30.8% in 1997. Meanwhile, the share of renewables in the generation mix has risen to 46% by 2022, up from less than 25% a decade earlier. Germany needs to install "four to five wind turbines every day" over the next few years to cover its needs.