The French found that combining nuclear power with unstable wind and sun was not a good idea and was a risk to the grid. Spain has to take similar courses lately, and the most painful thing is. [emphasis, links added]
In the recent EDF nuclear safety report, Inspector General's Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection ReportChief Writer and former Admiral Jean Casabianca concluded Further expansion of wind and solar energy in France poses serious risks to the country's power grid.
According to the report The instability of weather-related wind and solar supply is a technical and financial burden for French nuclear power.
Page 13 of the report:
The large-scale arrival of new renewable power supplies (RE) is intermittent and priority, and their load changes double.
They are not without risks of power system safety (including power outages) nor do they have no restrictions on the operation of our facilities. In the long run, they question our economic model. (…)
Modulation has shifted from flexibility to constraints, and nuclear energy must meet demands alone or be used in combination with hydropower unless we resort to thermal and carbon-intensive means.
Furthermore, the following loads inevitably have an impact on the machine, which is more common through deep cycling. The increase in accidental events is not obvious, but the effect will be appreciated over time.
I think that prioritizing renewable energy in a unilateral nuclear renewable energy scheme will lead to power changes because they will be more opportunity to allocate in terms of safety, especially reactive control and the maintenance, life and operating costs of our facilities, as they are never trivial. ”
Many have previously claimed that the nuclear industry can be paired harmoniously with wind energy, resulting in a French electricity combination.
But it turns out that this is more than reality.
The recent Spanish power outage is a clear example of what happens when ideology clashes with hard science and reality.
Many engineers and experts have warned that nuclear power plants have to adjust their output to uncontrolled, fluctuating energy and other risks and complications, such as wind and the sun.
Here is a summary of the AASSDN website:
In France's pro-boasting and pro-Volcano-resistance lobbying in support of France's energy opposites, this cautious report dealt a real blow to France's intermittent energy policy in the global energy war.
Even if energy and political players have not yet fully grasped the importance of this historic technical report, it is undeniable that it will be a landmark that cannot be buried or underestimated by EDF CEO Luc Rémont. ”
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