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you either have wind or you have solar. most of the time in a country as big as france there is always a place where you have tons of either one. storage is only needed for spikes, which btw. is also needed for nuclear (or you can use gas). btw. your argument is the one I think is so stupid from the pro nuclear crowd, as if peak nuclear is a solved problem. (p.s. it isn't no country in the world does use nuclear for peaks not even france.)