The
build-up
of
renewable
energy
restrained
the
rise
in
emissions
somewhat,
but
there
was
still
reason
for
concern,
according
to
the
Environment
Ministry
and
federal
environment
agency,
UBA.
“The
sometimes
talked-about
strong
increase
in
climate
gas
emissions
after
the
nuclear
exit
has
failed
to
materialise;
above
all
the
further
build-up
of
renewables
has
counteracted
that,”
UBA
president
Jochen
Flasbarth
says.
“But
I
worry
about
a
tendency
to
use
more
coal
to
produce
electricity.”
In
2011,
Germany
switched
off
eight
nuclear
reactors,
and
decided
to
phase
out
nuclear
power
completely
by
2022.
Flasbarth…
