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Summary

France’s Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor, its most powerful at 1,600 MW, was connected to the grid on December 21 after 17 years of construction plagued by delays and budget overruns.

The European Pressurized Reactor (EPR), designed to boost nuclear energy post-Chernobyl, is 12 years behind schedule and cost €13.2 billion, quadruple initial estimates.

President Macron hailed the launch as a key step for low-carbon energy and energy security.

Nuclear power, which supplies 60% of France’s electricity, is central to Macron’s plan for a “nuclear renaissance.”

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[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

And yet their electricity is still cheaper than Germany's ...

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 16 points 3 days ago

French nuclear energy is so heavily subsidised by the state that direct comparison seams hardly fair

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Hey, we don't do common sense here!

[-] TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

They mean cost, not consumer price.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[-] TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago

France has old nuclear, Germany has old gas. Neither are leaders in renewables.

[-] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yet the prior means that France is one of the least carbon intensive economies in the world. Each German unit of GDP has twice the CO2 emissions compared to France.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org -1 points 3 days ago

Germany has mostly old coal. Gas is relatively new. I totally agree that Germany needs to do more for its renewable production, like many other European countries need to do. However on a cost per energy level, renewables are beating all other production methods currently known.

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

Even worse then. Costs per kWH Solar have been sinking faster than some Russian battleships.

[-] TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah, Germany isn't a leader in solar energy by a long shot...

[-] einkorn@feddit.org -1 points 3 days ago

What's your point? Solar getting cheaper and cheaper has nothing to do with Germany. Our booming solar industry got axed by conservatives years ago.

[-] TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

This thread is about France vs Germany

[-] einkorn@feddit.org -1 points 2 days ago

So? Germany pays the same price for solar panels as everyone else. The cost of solar energy is sinking everywhere.

[-] Forester@yiffit.net 4 points 3 days ago

Don't you understand line must go up, quarterly profits now consequences never .what the fuck is a long-term investment. Get that ideology out of my power plant this instant. /S

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