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30 Day German Carbon Intensity Is 709 g CO2/kWh, Second Highest in Europe After Poland.
Coal dependent Poland is at 934 g CO2/kwh. To address this terrible record, Poland is planning to go nuclear against climate change. They at least have a real plan to get better.
Electricity map, Germany (Accessed 1/25/23, 3:45 EST US)
As of this writing, 9:35 Berlin time, 01/25/23, German carbon intensity is 734 g CO2/kwh, again the second worst in Europe.
Their much heralded wind capacity of 66.6 GW is actually producing 3.62 GW of power, for a capacity utilization of 5.49%. It is, in effect, nearly useless, and there is nothing that Germans can do to make the wind blow when their demand is rising.
In Germany "Green" is black.
In case you ever thought antinukes give a rat's ass about climate change, they don't.