schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 10 days agoGerman ministry mulls ramping up coal-fired plants to cut energy costsdpa-international.comexternal-linkmessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up158
arrow-up158external-linkGerman ministry mulls ramping up coal-fired plants to cut energy costsdpa-international.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square93linkfedilink
minus-squaregewindestift@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThey still are 50 billion euros in debt: https://www.edf.fr/en/2025-annual-results Also they need to invest $542 billion by 2040. They have mostly 30 years old reactors which need a lot of maintenance. And they now have to compete with solar/wind. Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelized_cost_of_electricity
They still are 50 billion euros in debt: https://www.edf.fr/en/2025-annual-results
Also they need to invest $542 billion by 2040. They have mostly 30 years old reactors which need a lot of maintenance. And they now have to compete with solar/wind.
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelized_cost_of_electricity