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5200h is 52km2 France is 551,695 km2 So 1/10,000th of france would be needed for 1GW A 1GW reactor produces 9 billion kwh a year France's entire electric re
by iso1631 7y ago
5200h is 52km2
France is 551,695 km2
So 1/10,000th of france would be needed for 1GW
A 1GW reactor produces 9 billion kwh a year
France's entire electric requirement is 450 billion, so needs about 50GW, or 0.5% of France's surface area.
Based on those figures, space isn't a problem.
- wnkrshm 7y agoIf you draw a 50x50km square on a map of France, you'll quickly realize that's an area the size of Luxembourg - not exactly negligible.
- kragen 7y agoA 50×50 km square would be 2500 km². We're talking about 52 km², which is a 7.2 km × 7.2 km square. Shitty dimensional analysis strikes again!
- wnkrshm 7y ago> A 50×50 km square would be 2500 km². We're talking about 52 km², which is a 7.2 km × 7.2 km square. Shitty dimensional analysis strikes again! According to the parent poster, those 52 km² are needed for 1GW. France needs around 50GW, 50 times more power and area, ergo 2500 km².
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- iso1631 7y agoPretty much. How much is used by vinyards? Or farms? It's the yellow dots here https://imgur.com/418BI6Q https://imgur.com/418BI6Q France has about 1 million km of roads [1], lets assume at least 2m wide. That's 2,000 sq km. How many of these roads can you see on this picture https://imgur.com/FCyt4O6 https://imgur.com/FCyt4O6 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_road_network_size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_road_netw...
- hokkos 7y agoIt is becoming very hard to install news wind onshore in France, people are revolting against wind turbine because it decrease real estate price and are found ugly and noisy, and it is happening at a way lower penetration rate than Germany.