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You're going to have to source this because there's been absolutely no need for gas plants in the two cities I've lived in that were both powdered by nuclear in
by LilBytes 4y ago
You're going to have to source this because there's been absolutely no need for gas plants in the two cities I've lived in that were both powdered by nuclear in Europe.
- croes 4y agoEnergy networks are not city-specific but are cross-national. Or are these cities self-sufficient and not connected to the rest of the grid?
- cycomanic 4y agoIt's right there in the article, but it seems many here commenting did not even read it: Many US nuclear plants are incapable of cycling power output up or down without changes to procedures or equipment.
- pharke 4y agoWhere? Searching for 'peak' returns no results and going through the results for 'gas' doesn't turn up anything about peaker plants for nuclear.
- cycomanic 4y agoI just cited the section in my post. US nuclear plants can not follow load at all, some European ones have some ability, but it's generally not enough. If you compare France and Germany gas portion of the overall electricity production is quite similar (it's a bit tricky to compare, Germany produced 12% and France 7% but in different years, France gas accounts to 10% of their installed capacity)