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Comment by boshomi

Not really. Nuclear power requires massive subsidies. In Germany, the "De Height" wind farm was completed in August. Sixty-four 15-MW turbines generate about 4 TWh of electricity annually, which is sold entirely on the open market without any EEG funding.

The market for baseload electricity has disappeared in Germany, as renewables push the residual load to zero or below for almost the entire year:

https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?c=DE&l...

The base load is an imaginary line passing through the troughs of the residual load curve.

parent boshomi 1 month ago

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