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I commented more below, but you’re exactly right. This is an export product.
by _n_b_ 5y ago
I commented more below, but you’re exactly right. This is an export product.
- shapefrog 5y agoBasically a model home to show prospective buyers. France also makes a decent amount of money exporting its excess electricity. An existing nuclear site, with permits, security and likely communitity support is a great place to retire some old and build some new reactors.
- karlkloss 5y agoExcept during hot summers or cold winters, when they often have to reduce the outputs of the reactors, and import huge amounts of solar and wind power from Germany.
- cerved 5y agomm Germany, famously reliant on renewable gas and coal
- shapefrog 5y agoOn a long enough timeline the gas and coal will renew itself.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoNo it won't because lignin can now be consumed by microorganisms.
- shapefrog 5y agoYou mean germany that turned a net importer of electricity in the summer of 2019? When the sun was shining brightly and the wind blowing?
- egman_ekki 5y agoWhy do they have to do this? Are reactors affected by outside temperature difference of ±20 degrees centigrade?
- cerved 5y agono. You reduce output if there's a surplus of other sources and the market conditions are unfavorable
- mytailorisrich 5y agoThey had to turn off a few reactors during the recent summer heatwaves because their environmental laws prevent them from heating rivers beyond a set point. But I don't think there was a technical issue, which may rather be caused by draught.
- toyg 5y agoI wish people did not downvote statements of fact.
- shapefrog 5y agoFACT: June 2019 - summer for those that are unaware of the seasons. Germany net importer of electricity [1]. FACT: France is the largest exporter of electricity in Europe [2]. [1] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-turns-electricity-importer-first-time-five-years-june https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-turns-electrici... [2] https://www.enappsys.com/interconnectorreview/ https://www.enappsys.com/interconnectorreview/
- toyg 5y agoThat's a perfectly legitimate riposte. A straight downvote isn't.