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It's time for Germany to admit Merkel’s mistake on nuclear energy

Katja Hoyer for Bloomberg Opinion
Katja Hoyer for Bloomberg Opinion • 6 min read
It's time for Germany to admit Merkel’s mistake on nuclear energy
At its peak in 2000, the nuclear sector provided 30% of electricity nearly emission free. Renewables supplied only 6.3% at the time. As nuclear fell away, Germany’s coal plants filled the void. Photo: Bloomberg
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Angela Merkel’s freshly released autobiography admits to few wrong turns in her 16 years as German chancellor. Among the momentous decisions she doesn’t regret is Germany’s frantic withdrawal from nuclear energy in favor of Russian gas.

But the country should rethink this. Everyone else is — and for good reason.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s outgoing coalition may not admit it, but their completion of Merkel’s accelerated nuclear exit was a mistake.

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