[skrellm]

> Now they produce electricity at a price that's often above market price

Do you have any source? I'm not french and all I can hear from the news is that France's nuclear electricity is cheap, for example:

https://thenextweb.com/news/france-energy-advantage-ai-data-...

Now I'm curious what the truth is. Are these articles just fake-news trying to ride the AI wave? (not suggesting, just asking)

[Kon5ole]

>Do you have any source?

There are many sources and it's of course complicated, but around 6 eurocents per kWh seems to be an accepted semi-official figure.

"The full cost of existing nuclear power calculated by the CRE amounts to respectively €60.7/MWh"

(https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/fran...)

One can also deduce that it's somewhere between the old ARENH price of 4 cents (which is known to be unsustainable) and the new price of 7 cents.

Prices for wholesale electricity in the FR region have dipped below 5 cents (monthly average) several times in recent years. (Source: Nordpool).

[inigyou]

At this point in time it can be assumed that 90% of everything on the internet is a lie.

French nuclear electricity is cheap because the government subsidizes it to keep it afloat. And because continental European electricity is generally expensive. It probably wouldn't survive in a free market.

[wookmaster]

Free market probably means they rely on Russian gas or coal from other countries ? Sometimes it’s worth paying a bit more to be independent