IEA Electricity Price Comparison 2026 Year to Date France and Germany with carbon intensity reports. [View all]

The data comes from the International Energy Agency Website's Real-Time Electricity Tracker

The settings used to produce this data are "YTD" which records the average, minimum and maximum prices in the period between April 19, 2025 and April 19, 2026.

The data below is all accessed on April 20, 2026 at approximately 8:30 Eastern Standard Time.

The fossil fuel industry, not so cleverly rebranded as "hydrogen from 'renewable energy'," likes to come around to claim that so called "renewable energy" is cheaper than nuclear energy. It's one of the many dishonest slogans - one could refer to them as outright lies if one is ungenerous, which I may be - they chant, and are often uncritically accepted.

Sometimes, the salespeople seeking to greenwash fossil fuels as "hydrogen" come here to report on "studies" "proving" this assertion, however this post will consist of something called "data," as opposed to a "study."

Germany, which funded the Russian war on Ukraine by buying dangerous fossil fuels from their one time pal Putin, who employs the former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, openly, is considered the "poster boy" for antinukism.

France, on the other hand, is primarily powered by nuclear energy.

Here is the data, downloaded and accessed 4/20/2026:

Germany:





There are, um, no "studies" that show that 55.44 Euros is more than 87.5 Euros.

The 12 month YTD carbon intensity for antinuke Germany and nuclear powered France are also available at this website.

Germany:



France:



I kind of wonder if the antinuke fossil fuel greenwashing industry will come around here to declare that "studies" show that 44 is bigger than 299.

Frankly, in these days of the celebration of lies, I would probably not be surprised if that happened.

Antinukes are not environmentalists, nor do they give a rat's ass about the collapse of the planetary atmosphere.

It's certainly true they don't care about poverty either.

Nor do they care about future generations. Every solar and wind plant now on the face of this planet will either have passed, or be approaching, landfill status before today's toddlers finish college. All these plants will be liabilities.

Nuclear plants constructed today, by contrast, will still be serving humanity when today's toddlers are reaching retirement age. By this line of reasoning, every nuclear plant constructed is a gift to future generations.