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> Actually Germany usually exports power to France. When was this last true? Is this net export, or is this just some of France using German electricity? Germ
by bArray 4y ago
> Actually Germany usually exports power to France.
When was this last true? Is this net export, or is this just some of France using German electricity?
Germany has been actively shutting down nuclear power stations without replacing their capacity for quite a few years.
If Germany is self sufficient for this winter, why are they beginning to impose energy restrictions on government buildings? Why are they having so much issue sourcing cheap energy? To me it sounds like a net import situation.
> In fact many of the nuclear plants in France don‘t work, especially this year.
As the thread suggested, this is because they are addressing a corrosion issue. These will at best not be ready till early 2023.
- ls15 4y agoNet exporter of electricity, but importer of gas. I think now Germany imports electricity only on 8 days of a year on average. https://www.renewable-ei.org/en/activities/column/20180302.html https://www.renewable-ei.org/en/activities/column/20180302.h... > If Germany is self sufficient for this winter, why are they beginning to impose energy restrictions on government buildings? Why are they having so much issue sourcing cheap energy? To me it sounds like a net import situation. It is more complicated than that. If Germany runs out of gas this winter, then the lights in Italy will go out, because Germany, despite of all the issues, is a net exporter of electricity.