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France temporarily shuts down three nuclear reactors over heatwave (www.france24.com)

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Solar panels would help with the peaks. They don’t need to replace the nuclear plants but deal with air conditioning.

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

They would certainly help, but there is more energy demand than just AC during the day.

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago

We have a large number of rooftop solar systems in Australia (as well as batteries) and they provide a large part of the daily need. The batteries have reduced the evening peak as well. As it is all getting cheaper, it makes senese.

https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/news-resources/rooftop-solar-and-storage-report-july-to-dec-2025

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