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> Now they produce electricity at a price that's often above market price Do you have any source? I'm not french and all I can hear from the news is that Franc
by skrellm 2mo ago
> Now they produce electricity at a price that's often above market price
Do you have any source? I'm not french and all I can hear from the news is that France's nuclear electricity is cheap, for example:
https://thenextweb.com/news/france-energy-advantage-ai-data-centres https://thenextweb.com/news/france-energy-advantage-ai-data-...
Now I'm curious what the truth is. Are these articles just fake-news trying to ride the AI wave? (not suggesting, just asking)
- inigyou 2mo agoAt this point in time it can be assumed that 90% of everything on the internet is a lie. French nuclear electricity is cheap because the government subsidizes it to keep it afloat. And because continental European electricity is generally expensive. It probably wouldn't survive in a free market.
- wookmaster 2mo agoFree market probably means they rely on Russian gas or coal from other countries ? Sometimes it’s worth paying a bit more to be independent
- Kon5ole 2mo ago>Do you have any source? There are many sources and it's of course complicated, but around 6 eurocents per kWh seems to be an accepted semi-official figure. "The full cost of existing nuclear power calculated by the CRE amounts to respectively €60.7/MWh" (https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/frances-cre-unveils-forecast-nuclear-power-costs-over-period-2026-2040.html https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/fran...) One can also deduce that it's somewhere between the old ARENH price of 4 cents (which is known to be unsustainable) and the new price of 7 cents. Prices for wholesale electricity in the FR region have dipped below 5 cents (monthly average) several times in recent years. (Source: Nordpool).