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France needs to buy electricity from Germany because reactors are down or can not function because the river used for cooling is to hot already. Water problems
by mixermachine 3y ago
France needs to buy electricity from Germany because reactors are down or can not function because the river used for cooling is to hot already.
Water problems will get worse in the following years.
The nuclear operating company is bankrupt and needed to be nationalized.
Not really the best look for nuclear. In other countries it might work better.
- illiarian 3y ago> France needs to buy electricity from Germany because reactors are down or can not function because the river used for cooling is to hot already. Right now electricity maps shows that France produces 60% of electricity from nuclear, imports zero from Germany, and exports 6% of generated electricity to UK. Also right now Germany generates 26% from coal and 9% from gas.
- bayesian_horse 3y agoJust wait until the summer. Also exports from Germany to France did indeed decline due to the transition.
- mixermachine 3y agoHere is the historical data https://www.ceicdata.com/en/germany/electricity-imports-and-exports/electricity-imports-france#:~:text=Germany%20Electricity%20Imports%3A%20France%20data,Dec%202022%2C%20with%20396%20observations https://www.ceicdata.com/en/germany/electricity-imports-and-....
- illiarian 3y agoDoesn't this show how much Germany imports from France?
- mixermachine 3y agoI read it the other way but I can be wrong. Still Germany is reported as a net exporter: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/even-crisis-germany-extends-power-exports-neighbours-2023-01-05/#:~:text=Germany%20is%20famous%20as%20a,an%20energy%20crisis%20at%20home.&text=France%2C%20Switzerland%20and%20Austria%20increased,Czech%20Republic%2C%20Belgium%20and%20Norway https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/even-crisis-germany-....
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agoCan anyone calculate how many million tonnes of co2 was created because the "greens" (reds) wanted to shut them down?
- bayesian_horse 3y agoNuclear power projects are always finished late and way over budget. There's definitely a pattern there.
- Moldoteck 3y agoHow many plants were shut down because of water supply and how many due to planned maintenance and underinvestment of France govt last 10 or so years(bc of same 'green parties' as in Germany)? Asking because here I see there were only two (of 56 OPERATIONAL): https://www.thelocal.fr/20200825/france-authorities-shut-down-nuclear-reactors-due-to-drought https://www.thelocal.fr/20200825/france-authorities-shut-dow... but maybe you can find more info?
- illiarian 3y ago> How many plants were shut down because of water supply 0.18% of power generation > how many due to planned maintenance and underinvestment of France govt last 10 or so years And that is the main problem.