Some npps will be build, but we wont see a big renaissance of nukes outside france. (Which actually possess the necessary nuclear industrial capacity to make it viable)
No utility company wants to touch nuclear power with a ten foot pole.
They might fullfill small suplementary functions, but future grids will be dominated by solar and wind.
Not because of some greenie-leftie conspiracy, but simply because it will br cheaper.
Hell, all trends of cost developments indicate that ne renewables will be cheaper than amortized conventional generators by the end of the decade.
Even the big nuclear announcement of macron that redddit celebrated over, actually means a reduction of nuclear power in real terms. From 75% to 50%
Yes they announced 25gw of npps by 2050.
What is less headline grabbing is the announcement of 160gw of new wind capacity.
France continued subsidies to maintain their civilian, nuclear programm is better understood as a necessity to maintain the ecosystem needed for nuclear deterrence.
Hope so
I think nuclear will at most stop to shrink at some point (which is how I interpret the headline). But it will surely never gain share within the electricity mix again. Renewables simply are too cheap and too fast. Even Macrons plan implies that the share of nuclear within France’s electricity mix will drop from 70% to 36%.
Nuclear energy isn’t “clean” energy
Hard doubt. Countries which already have nuclear will see to replace their aging plants, perhaps expand some; The only potential new player will likely be Poland whos energy fears are imtertwined with their deep-stated scepticism of Russia.
There will be period in the 2030s when some new plants will come online and most 70s-80s plants will be still working, thus kicking up nuclear’s overall share. This will be hailed by many stemlords, but then by 2040s nuclear’s share will again reduce due to decomissions of old units. And I’m rather certain there is another nuclear accident ticking, it’s just probability, which will again trash plans of a nuclear renaissance, much like fukushima did.
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Some npps will be build, but we wont see a big renaissance of nukes outside france. (Which actually possess the necessary nuclear industrial capacity to make it viable)
No utility company wants to touch nuclear power with a ten foot pole.
They might fullfill small suplementary functions, but future grids will be dominated by solar and wind.
Not because of some greenie-leftie conspiracy, but simply because it will br cheaper.
Hell, all trends of cost developments indicate that ne renewables will be cheaper than amortized conventional generators by the end of the decade.
Even the big nuclear announcement of macron that redddit celebrated over, actually means a reduction of nuclear power in real terms. From 75% to 50%
Yes they announced 25gw of npps by 2050.
What is less headline grabbing is the announcement of 160gw of new wind capacity.
France continued subsidies to maintain their civilian, nuclear programm is better understood as a necessity to maintain the ecosystem needed for nuclear deterrence.
Hope so
I think nuclear will at most stop to shrink at some point (which is how I interpret the headline). But it will surely never gain share within the electricity mix again. Renewables simply are too cheap and too fast. Even Macrons plan implies that the share of nuclear within France’s electricity mix will drop from 70% to 36%.
Nuclear energy isn’t “clean” energy
Hard doubt. Countries which already have nuclear will see to replace their aging plants, perhaps expand some; The only potential new player will likely be Poland whos energy fears are imtertwined with their deep-stated scepticism of Russia.
There will be period in the 2030s when some new plants will come online and most 70s-80s plants will be still working, thus kicking up nuclear’s overall share. This will be hailed by many stemlords, but then by 2040s nuclear’s share will again reduce due to decomissions of old units. And I’m rather certain there is another nuclear accident ticking, it’s just probability, which will again trash plans of a nuclear renaissance, much like fukushima did.