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>>Capsta+(OP)
This was very surprising and positive. I had expected pain for the electricity market in France since EDF "lost" the uranium mines in Niger and replaced it by shipping uranium from canada/australia.

So it looks like solar and wind have more than compensated for the nuclear power shortages.

The olympic games will put this news to test and I guess we will find out soon if this news is indeed true.

>>ganesh+D9
This is NOT positive. Not at all. This means that the grid is filled with useless generating capacity.

As a result, nuclear power becomes less competitive. However, renewables work poorly during the winter time. In Europe, they can go down for multiple _weeks_ at a time, far beyond any storage capabilities. And the only power plants that can fill the gap are fossil fuels.

End result: more fossil generation.