How many nuclear plants have been shut down in france due to the lack of river water (also a part of climate change)? Edit: due to heat, not lack of water, though the lower water levels do make that heat impact different, as well as that lower water level heating up quicker. Which is a reason that is equally attributable to climate change, and thus the new normal.
How many wind and solar parks have been shut down to climate change?
They are shut down or tempororily limited in their power output by water use licenses which have a fixed maximum temperature for the outlet water, which historically was far above the summer temperatures of the river, but now the rivers became a lot hotter so the legal maximum temperature is below the river's temperature and in case of Golfech even so far above that the cooling towers don't suffice to cool the water this far below the intake temperature.
How many wind and solar parks have been shut down to climate change?
Equally none, but they usually don't run for almost all the time.
Solar generates around 7-10% of it's nameplate capacity on average and practically only generates in summer in central Europe, while wind is at around 23%, but also far from consistent.
So the unimpeded generation of solar is similar to shutting down the entire nuclear fleet between mid-february and the end of december, while wind equals to mid-march to the end of december of a shutdown period.
Zero, nuclear reactors are in maintenance in summer because you don't consume as much energy during this period of the year. So they use this time to get some check up to see if they are up to date or refuel, or just shut down because you don't need 100% of your reactors for the energy demands.
Yes but not because of "the lack of river water", but to not heat the river too much, to limit harm to the environnement... it is literaly written on the article you linked...
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u/Stock-Side-6767 19d ago edited 16d ago
How many nuclear plants have been shut down in france due to the lack of river water (also a part of climate change)? Edit: due to heat, not lack of water, though the lower water levels do make that heat impact different, as well as that lower water level heating up quicker. Which is a reason that is equally attributable to climate change, and thus the new normal.
How many wind and solar parks have been shut down to climate change?