Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors
by silon42 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:10AM
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Central Europe here.. had pretty much a month or two (several weeks consecutive) of clouds/fog last winter -> no solar or wind.
Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors
by ourlordcaffeine on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:24AM
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There is absolutely less load during the night.
Also wind is the main renewable in western europe, not solar.
Having no wind for weeks basically doesn't happen, at least in the north sea.
Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors
by lambdadmitry on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:48PM
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Except it does. https://www.wsj.com/articles/energy-prices-in-europe-hit-rec...
Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors
by ourlordcaffeine on Thursday November 11, 2021 @06:38AM
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Whilst the UK did indeed have 5 days with less than 2GW wind (not weeks with 0 like you claim), the situation is not as simple as news outlets and agenda-pushers would have you believe. A bunch of other plants (including nuclear) going offline was a major contributing factor.
However, that doesn't help during period when there is hardly any wind. It is not as if you can stop heating your house for a couple of weeks.
I'm curious have this will play out. On a bright summer day, there is plenty of solar power. So it make sense to do everything during the day. During winter, it is better to distribute the load and move load to the night. That requires quite a bit of signaling to get right.