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I bet French people can't wait for their electric bills to halve overnight! (/sarcasm).

On a more serious note, EDF, France's suppliers sells their provision as 99.99% clean, which is not wrong, I guess, but a good selling point to their business.

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While the time and cost overruns are regrettable, it’s likely a welcome conclusion considering the Russian gas situation and the desire to phase out the last of their coal generation, which was bumped from the end of this year to 2027 in September 2023 by Macron.

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/FR

We in the UK phased out the last coal burner earlier this year.

We're building a 3.2GW nuclear power station at Hinckley, expected to start up in 2027.

Hinckley Point C startup date was pushed back to 2029 unfortunately. With that said, if it can get done, that is a substantial amount of energy that can offset current UK fossil gas consumption.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/edfs-nuclear-project...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_...

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/GB/72h

COVID certainly buggered up things. Thanks for the correction.

Hopefully Sizewell C will get off the ground soon.

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