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> Not understanding that nuclear doesn’t play well with renewables (it is hard to control the output in a short amount of time). That's actually not been true
by seszett 4y ago
> Not understanding that nuclear doesn’t play well with renewables (it is hard to control the output in a short amount of time).
That's actually not been true for the last 40 years or so. In France, nuclear power plants have been doing load following without problem. They are apparently able to adjust their production by 80% over 30 minutes. One such episode is explained here: https://lenergeek.com/2019/03/07/mix-electrique-nucleaire-tristan-kamin/ https://lenergeek.com/2019/03/07/mix-electrique-nucleaire-tr...
- illiac786 4y agoI read the article and I do not see the 80% mentioned. I really would have loved to read this, but they mentioned only 10GW of variation, that's roughly 20% I believe.
- seszett 4y agoAnother article talks specifically about the power modulation ability: https://lenergeek.com/2017/09/13/modulation-parc-nucleaire-edf-energies-renouvelables/ https://lenergeek.com/2017/09/13/modulation-parc-nucleaire-e...
- illiac786 4y agoYes, but they are quoting the EDF paper again — almost verbatim.