Why Germany Ditched Nuclear Before Coal — And Why It Won’t Go Back \ stacker news ~econ

Why Germany Ditched Nuclear Before Coal — And Why It Won’t Go Back arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/why-germany-ditched-nuclear-before-coal-and-why-it-wont-go-back/

211 sats \ 4 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 29 Apr econ

The past year has seen record renewable power production nationwide.

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32 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 29 Apr

Aren't they importing lots of nuclear power from France?

53 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 29 Apr

The European energy market is highly integrated, with France being a exporter of nuclear power. I couldn't find specific energy balance data between countries, but I did come across this recent article.

Import and export countries for July 2023

Looking at the countries from which Germany mainly imports, nearly a third of the imports come from Denmark, where electricity production from wind power dominates. Denmark in this case often also operates as a transit country for electricity which is supplied to Germany from Norway and Sweden. In addition, a particularly large amount of electricity is imported from Switzerland and the Netherlands. France ranks fourth in terms of imports. However, France also imports large quantities from Germany. In July 2023, France was the largest electricity consumer from Germany. Switzerland, Denmark and the Netherlands also imported electricity from Germany in July 2023. Despite these imports, Germany had a negative export balance with all four countries, as the amount of electricity imported exceeded the amount exported.

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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 29 Apr

Thanks. That all makes a lot of sense.

I was recalling something from back when Germany was closing down their nuclear plants about how they would be relying on the French power plants just across the border.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 29 Apr

This is one of those touchy subjects. Taiwan did the same thing, ditching their nuclear program. They just stopped in the middle of building a plant! WHY WHY WHY?!?!