0x815Too much of a good thing? Spain's green energy can exceed demand, country is looking at storing capacity or buyers to solve electricity oversupply
woelkchenNo problem: French nuclear reactors need to lower output in hot summers anyway because that shit relies on river water to be cold enough for cooling. Then they buy electricity from neighboring countries.
Unfortunately, “hot” and “sunny” do not fully overlap.
It doesn’t “rely” on that. Regulations prevent water being backfed to the river at too much of a warm temperature. And btw France were by far Europe’s biggest energy exporter in 2023
Regulations prevent water being backfed to the river at too much of a warm temperature.
Of course, because it would kill the entire river ecosystem otherwise.
It’s so cool that only NPPs feeding warm water into the river is a grave danger while regulations for other types of thermoelectric plants are much more relaxed… But you guys keep your hard on please ;)
Warm water from geothermal plants isn’t dumped into rivers. It’s pumped back underground to boil and heat the turbines again.
How much energy do geothermal plants produce in Europe lmao
You guys are delusional
How much energy do geothermal plants produce in Europe lmao
How is that related to your statement “feeding warm water into the river is a grave danger while regulations for other types of thermoelectric plants are much more relaxed”?
Not at all? You’re trying to move goalposts because your argument was insane? Good.
You guys are delusional
You’re a pro nuclear propagandist.
So you think thermoelectric plants are only geothermal plants and then hope I take you seriously lol
So you think thermoelectric plants are only geothermal plants
No.
Then why did you feel the need to specify why they work HAHAHA
It doesn’t “rely” on that.
France doesn’t rely on river water to cool power plants?
Where does the water come from then?
The premise is that river water isn’t cool enough to cool down NPPs. Which is false.
Ah, I see.
So the water is not too warm for cooling, it’s too warm to absorb the backfeed, which is a necessary result of the cooling process.
Which effectively still means that they can’t properly cool the plant because the river water is too warm.
So the water is not too warm for cooling, it’s too warm to absorb the backfeed, which is a necessary result of the cooling process.
Which effectively still means that they can’t properly cool the plant because the river water is too warm.
It’s a type of overregulation.
Apparently, France has historically dragged their feet when it comes to letting the Iberian peninsula connect their grid to the rest of Europe.
euronews.com/…/is-france-an-obstacle-to-the-iberi…
euractiv.com/…/ribera-spain-has-enormous-difficul…
Which is an absolute shame, because the region should be a gigantic asset to Europe’s renewable energy supply.
EunieIsTheBusNon non non! Oh mondieu! The Spanish have le cheap green electricity! We have to prevent them to make our expensive state funded nuclear garbage obsolete or our nuclear companies cannot launder more tax money! Sacrebleu!
It’s called energy dumping and it’s not a good thing for the stability of neither the grid nor grid prices.