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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by pclmulqdq on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:16AM (#35579918)
You thought you chose renewables. You actually chose coal, LNG, and buying power from France.
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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by fabian2k on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:23AM (#35579971)
Germany exports more power than it imports. And France is only a part of the imports, with 2022 being much lower due to their issues with the nuclear power plants.

https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2023/03...

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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by pclmulqdq on Saturday April 15, 2023 @08:57AM (#35580238)
Large power exports come necessarily from using non-dispatchable forms of power generation like solar and wind. Other people who can turn off their power plants will buy yours rather than burning their own resources. In other words, the amount of power a nation exports means very little about how you keep the lights on.
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Re:Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle by TheLoafOfBread on Saturday April 15, 2023 @09:04AM (#35580276)
So you can import it at winter for much more $$$ than you sold it at summer.
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