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No the natural alliance right now is between gas and "renewables" because they're synergistic in that gas is the only technology that can paper wind/solar inter

• acidburnNSA 6y ago
  Well that's certainly the green-washing that's going on in the US right now, and everyone's eating it right up. Not a climate solution though. Gas's 490 gCO₂-eq/kWh is incompatible with stopping climate change.
• tarsinge 6y ago
  We have a very good synergy between nuclear and renewables in France, see: - https://electricitymap.org https://electricitymap.org - https://www.rte-france.com/eco2mix/la-production-delectricite-par-filiere https://www.rte-france.com/eco2mix/la-production-delectricit... - Illustrated example with real data: https://twitter.com/tristankamin/status/1102620969808658432?s=21 https://twitter.com/tristankamin/status/1102620969808658432?...
  • Krssst 6y ago
    While it works I am not sure what the point of (wind/solar) renewables is when the grid is already low-carbon. My understanding is that it increases the cost of nuclear plants by reducing their load factor (since they have to reduce their output power to give way to renewables), but I don't see what we gain for it. Maybe some additional usable capacity when coupled with reversible hydro?
    • epistasis 6y ago
      France, like most other countries, has not been able to successfully build new nuclear, so there is no other option as their current fleet ages out. Renewables will be far cheaper than trying to have a second construction miracle.
      • andromeduck 6y ago
        There are no miracles in engineering.