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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by s1artibartfast on Sunday March 02, 2025 @06:52PM (#43236631)
My understanding of that most nuclear power plants currently operating can already scale up and down to match demand.

They don't because I fuel costs are so low that the power is essentially free when compared to idling.

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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by jabl on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:58AM (#43238741)
That's correct. There's nothing technically special about the French nuclear plants that load follow. It's just that France has so much nuclear power in the grid that some of their nuclear plants do load following.
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