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Comment by pfdietz

5 hours ago

Solar/wind made reliable is still cheaper than new nuclear (which also requires some add-ons for reliability/leveling.)

yeah, works great for germany compared to france :) new nuclear price is skill/regulatory issue...

also great fosil things happening with backup plants

  • At the current cost in France for building a new nuclear power plant, renewables would be much cheaper. The existence of legacy plants there doesn't change this. Realize also that much of the cost of those plants was off the books, involving subsidized financing. That a government can fund something at lower interest rates doesn't mean that isn't a subsidy; it's just that the subsidy is concealed.