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Why would France subsidise power it is selling to Germany? The initial research and construction was drvien by the government, but french power is now extremely
by namdnay 5y ago
Why would France subsidise power it is selling to Germany? The initial research and construction was drvien by the government, but french power is now extremely profitable (EDF even had to artificially increase prices in order to avoid distorting the european energy market)
Nuclear waste is not a real problem - the total amount of long-term waste produced by France is less than 10 tons a year. That's for a country of half a million square km..
- bayesian_horse 5y agoGermany is selling more Power to France than the other way around...
- ElKrist 5y agoWhat's your source? Over the last 3 years, France has exported more TWh with "Central West Europe" (includes Germany) than imported: https://bilan-electrique-2020.rte-france.com/prix-echanges-solde-france-echanges/# https://bilan-electrique-2020.rte-france.com/prix-echanges-s...
- bayesian_horse 5y agoIt's true, I was remembering older figures. It changed because of Germany's changing energy mixture. But still, even though France is exporting more energy than importing, over the whole year, at certain times, especially in winter they have to import coal power...