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It would be interesting if they had put places apart from France in some of the cost analysis, since France has (by my understanding) extremely low costs for industrial electricity. Comparing most countries to France would end with "well we're not doing better than some of the best", but doesn't provide the full context.

(If I'd be cynical, I'd guess graphing more countries would show that the UK is not unique here, but I don't know).

Bit surprising that even in this supposed high priced environment, renewable energy seems to not have a market in the UK (at least according to this article). Lots of the world seems to be creating those markets!



The UK and France have been rivals for centuries - old habits die hard! :^)

Renewables have seen significant growth over the past decade, particularly offshore wind, for which the UK is ideally positioned: https://grid.iamkate.com/


Energy prices in France being that low is not a result of nuclear energy, but only possible due to extreme subsidies for nuclear power there.


I'm willing to accept that, but hasn't every country in the world been subsidizing energy the past couple of years? Is it more agressive than in other countries?

In other words, what behavior is distinct between the UK and France (or other countries)?


For france at least, two thirds of energy is nuclear, falling demand, and now lots of renewables coming online [1]

Falling demand is notable to me. Though, the nuclear backbone and full embrace of renewable deployments is IMO smart

[1] https://fortune.com/2024/06/16/electricity-prices-france-neg...


I would like to know how much is subsidies and how much is economy of scale from a half-century of constantly pro-nuclear energy policy.




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