Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors

Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by Manuel_D on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @06:29PM (#29168978)

Excellent point. Peak electricity consumption occurs during the evenings when solar is producing little, if any, electricity. Daily fluctuations of electricity usage put an even greater demand on electricity storage.

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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by epistasis on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @11:00PM (#29170929)

That's not correct, peak demand is usually during mid-day, at least in the US:

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=27212

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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by Manuel_D on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @01:33AM (#29171738)

I'm seeing it peak around the evening in all time zones. This is the link to the actual energy grid visualization tool: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/expanded-view/el...

Browsing the last day's energy usage yields peaks at:

Eastern: 8pm

Central: 7pm

Mountain 6pm

Pacific: 5pm

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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by qqqwerty on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:09AM (#29172626)

Due to AC usage, electricity demand tends to be much higher in the summers than in the winters. And the demand profile in the summers peaks in mid-late afternoon. i.e You are not looking at the highest overall peak of the year, just the hourly peaks from the last few days.

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