• paragic
    #150
    Peak demand for conventional electricity in Germany coincided with massive exports to France. There is only around 4 GW of interconnection capacity between the two countries, but France imported around 3 GW during the hours of peak demand in Germany.
    In a nutshell, France relies on Germany to cover its peak demand, not vice versa. Right now, Germany imports nuclear power from France when the French need to dump excess nuclear generation at low prices – not in order to prevent blackouts in Germany.

    https://energytransition.org/2015/06/is-germany-reliant-on-foreign-nuclear-power/