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They plan to have 10GW of hydrogen electrolyzers by 2030, among other storage investments. Assuming they meet that and build 10GW worth of dispatchable storage annually starting in 2028 they should be able to shut down their current ~40GW of coal and ~40GW of gas by 2038.

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Without nuclear that would probably work the same as their current arrangement is working now. Germany and Denmark currently have the most expensive electricity on the EU.

That's one of the reasons why we had to shut down the most expensive and inflexible source of energy.

Nuclear is the most expensive way you can think of to generate power, but the most expensive power plant unfortunately dictates the price on the energy market in the EU ("Merit-Order") [1]

[1] https://www.tengelmann-energie.com/merit-order/

Yet somehow France manages to stay below the EU mean with 70% nuclear in the mix.

The merit order article you have linked is typical lobbist brainwash as to why your country needs to depend on gas when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow.

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