> whether only using load-following nuclear power plants (without hydro/gas turbines) could do the job. It is feasible, but the problem would be the peak in wi

> whether only using load-following nuclear power plants (without hydro/gas turbines) could do the job. It is feasible, but the problem would be the peak in winter: that would mean having more than twice as many nuclear reactors to be able to deal with a few winter nights with about 100GW of consumption. That'd be very wasteful. > We have hydro in France, might as well use it rather than have only NPPs, and dams are great for load-following. Depends on what kind of hydro though: mountain barrages are, but not really Run-of-the-river hydro.