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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by FlyMoreRockets on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:01PM (#23849082)
> Because you can't choose when the sun shines and when the wind blows.

This is a terrible argument. There is always some place on the grid where the wind is blowing and (during the day) the sun is shining.

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by seszett on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:05PM (#23849147)
That's far from guaranteed. It's very possible to have little wind over a large area, larger than France even, during the night.
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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by FlyMoreRockets on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:52PM (#23852520)
Do you have any actual numbers to back these claims up?
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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by steeve on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:19PM (#23854654)
Yes, at Europe scale: https://youtu.be/1aCHN6dytVY in French
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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:02PM (#23850048)
And the same for solar. There are several hours every day when the sun is shining nowhere on (Metropolitan) France.
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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by joss82 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @04:00AM (#23856829)
Especially during the night :)
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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by steeve on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:19PM (#23854653)
This has been demonstrated to be false, unfortunately. See https://youtu.be/1aCHN6dytVY (in french though)
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