On: The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany

[mixermachine]

France needs to buy electricity from Germany because reactors are down or can not function because the river used for cooling is to hot already. Water problems will get worse in the following years. The nuclear operating company is bankrupt and needed to be nationalized. Not really the best look for nuclear. In other countries it might work better.

[Moldoteck → mixermachine]

How many plants were shut down because of water supply and how many due to planned maintenance and underinvestment of France govt last 10 or so years(bc of same 'green parties' as in Germany)? Asking because here I see there were only two (of 56 OPERATIONAL): https://www.thelocal.fr/20200825/france-authorities-shut-dow... but maybe you can find more info?

[illiarian → Moldoteck]

> How many plants were shut down because of water supply

0.18% of power generation

> how many due to planned maintenance and underinvestment of France govt last 10 or so years

And that is the main problem.

[bayesian_horse → mixermachine]

Nuclear power projects are always finished late and way over budget.

There's definitely a pattern there.

[illiarian → mixermachine]

> France needs to buy electricity from Germany because reactors are down or can not function because the river used for cooling is to hot already.

Right now electricity maps shows that France produces 60% of electricity from nuclear, imports zero from Germany, and exports 6% of generated electricity to UK.

Also right now Germany generates 26% from coal and 9% from gas.

[mixermachine → illiarian]

Here is the historical data https://www.ceicdata.com/en/germany/electricity-imports-and-....

[illiarian → mixermachine]

Doesn't this show how much Germany imports from France?

[mixermachine → illiarian]

I read it the other way but I can be wrong. Still Germany is reported as a net exporter: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/even-crisis-germany-....

[ikekkdcjkfke → illiarian]

Can anyone calculate how many million tonnes of co2 was created because the "greens" (reds) wanted to shut them down?

[bayesian_horse → illiarian]

Just wait until the summer. Also exports from Germany to France did indeed decline due to the transition.