Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in France?

Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by morsch on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:15PM (#23850230)

Current renewable generation is two thirds hydro, one third solar and wind. France's installed capacity for solar plus wind already exceeds hydro. With plenty of room for more.

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by Udik on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:40PM (#23851407)

> installed capacity for solar plus wind

Installed capacity for solar and wind is a parameter that seems pretty meaningless. For example (according to Wikipedia) the Agua Caliente solar project in Arizona (an ideal location), has an effective output of less than 30% of its installed capacity. A PV plant more comparable with France's conditions, the Lauingen Energy Park in Bavaria, has an output of 12% of its installed capacity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacity_factor#Photovoltaic_p...

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by morsch on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:23PM (#23852077)

I never claimed that installed capacity equals effective output, that's obviously not true. I don't think the figures are meaningless, either, but whatever --

Grandparent claimed that the bulk of renewable energy produced in France is hydro (and called me disingenuous). I just cited some statistics -- installed capacity as well as current effective output! -- to put his claim into context. Here are some more[1]: Energy production by source in France, 2019, Hydro 55.5 TWh, Wind 34.1 TWh, Solar 11.6 TWh. Obviously anybody is free to assign whatever value one wishes to terms like "bulk of", but those are the numbers.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/768066/electricity-produ...

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by kergonath on Thursday July 16, 2020 @05:49AM (#23857345)

We were not talking about installed capacity, though.

Comparing installed capacity without discussing average load factor is also utterly meaningless.

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by morsch on Thursday July 16, 2020 @05:55AM (#23857374)

How convenient that I also included the current production (at the time of writing) in my comment, right? Btw now it's 4.6 GW wind+solar vs 6.6 GW hydro.

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by kergonath on Thursday July 16, 2020 @01:15PM (#23861174)

I am sure you realise that it's not incompatible, right?

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