There is no such thing as "fossil fuels". Always distinguish between oil and gas on the one hand, and coal…
I assume that "the residual load for 2050 with 100% renewables" has the idiosyncratic meaning of "renewable nameplate capacity equal…
The French problem is the winter heating load. The solution is not solar but wind plus pumped storage. The whole…
Interesting data point that in the chart, peak imports to France from Spain were slightly higher than from Germany. The…
In other news, according to energy-charts.de, on Tuesday 24th January, the German 90 GW Solar and Wind generated a mere…
"The automatic shutdown involves plenty of cold water being flushed through as fast as possible." You do your name justice…
The main point is that renewables are contributing almost nothing to curb CO2 emissions; on the contrary, biomass and hydro…
"... Completely inflexible." Only because it is currently designed to be that way. Until the amount of nuclear exceeds the…
For USA: "Economies grow, emissions fall" For Germany; Renewables grow, emissions don't fall.
[…] the fall of 2016, 20 of France’s 58 reactors were offline, largely for inspections. As of mid-January, most of…