Reasons for the German power exports are mainly theincrease in the use of renewables and the disparity between the price ofelectricity produced by coal and lignite compared to that generated by gas, says theBDEW, the main lobbying group for the country’s energy sector.

Germany last year exported 33GWh more ofelectricity, than it imported, the BDEW figures show. That corresponded to morethan 5% of the country’s electricity output.

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