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France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids
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Which unfortunately now shuts down because the reactors cannot cope with the heatwaves. Turns out that no river = no cooling = no energy production.
Turns out, even when you have to throttle them down slightly due to drought, having a large amount of available nuclear power, like France and Sweden do, means you emit an awful lot less carbon.
Which program is this?
https://app.electricitymaps.com/