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My understanding of that most nuclear power plants currently operating can already scale up and down to match demand. They don't because I fuel costs are so lo
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
My understanding of that most nuclear power plants currently operating can already scale up and down to match demand.
They don't because I fuel costs are so low that the power is essentially free when compared to idling.
- jabl 2y agoThat's correct. There's nothing technically special about the French nuclear plants that load follow. It's just that France has so much nuclear power in the grid that some of their nuclear plants do load following.