Re:France prepares for possibility of electricity blackouts ...
by locallost on Sunday December 04, 2022 @05:56AM
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I already heard this argument last year, that unpredictable wind and solar energy can work only because they are backed by French nuclear. This year has put a big question mark on that, and I think policy makers are willing to try because there is no realistic alternative in the short term. Even Britain is moving to remove the de facto ban on onshore wind, a push led by Tories of all people [1].
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/5b08507d-ae4b-47d1-afb7-ae851f98d...
Maybe, but hopefully not or then global outage must be expected when sun/wind goes down... Random energy production is no subsidy
The problem is France, *not* nuclear, hopefully people understands this: (among) strictest quarantine in the world, no work for many months, social unrest and protests, bad planing ... there would be a lot to say to each of these points, but they all are responsible to the current situation we are seeing with NPP still in maintenance.