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Re:France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5% by mariushn on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:33PM (#17751349)
One use case would be Air conditioning, most needed when it's sunny/hot.
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Re:France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5% by sdunwoody on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:35PM (#17751365)
I'm not sure about France, but it's rare to have air con in the UK because the summers aren't hot enough :) I think a lot of Europe is similar in this regard (with the exception being the south).

Even if France does have a reasonable number of air con units installed, I would expect energy consumption to be higher in the winter due to shorter days etc. It would be good to see statistics though.

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Re:France approves 720MW of solar as price falls another 5% by Leherenn on Monday August 13, 2018 @01:41PM (#17751969)
Air con is a bit more common, but nothing like the US.

Consumption is much higher in winter than summer (summer is actually the period of the year with the lowest consumption).

https://goo.gl/images/mdRj1r

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