Germany Solar Installations May Have Tripled in First Quarter (1800 MW)

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17. Of course thats the goal.

But your position is pretty ridiculous (if transparent). Its clear that you believe that (simplified) the "right" solution is 100% renewables and any other new construction is merely a roadblock to that correct action... but the rest of us have to live in the real world.

If a power company needs to expand from 20 GWs to 30 GWs over the next decade, they arent going to be closing any plants early unless they build past that higher target. Adding 2 GWs of nuclear means that they arent adding 2GWs of gas or coal. The power is going to get generated because the population/economic growth demands it. You can whine that the nuclear power means less chance for your prefered options... but you cant rationally pretend that it facilitates keeping the coal. As in Germany, if they changed their mind and dumped Vogtle, the coal plants expected lives would only increase.

Nuclear Revival is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers,

How can something that you insist isnt happening harm anyone?

which shows Southeast utilities plan not to replace coal-fired power, but to add nuclear capacity despite falling demand

Do you honestly believe that anyone is going to buy that demand expectations for the next couple decades are actually falling?

Look... NCWARN has to spin... we all understand that. They dont have a rhetorical leg to stand on so they have to make stuff up (like increasing the concrete foundation of a reactor by 1-3 inches is a new risk that requires public hearings and revisiting the liscense). Its the standard BS that used to work to delay nuclear power - we all get it. But don't expect anyone to fall for it. We're just being polite.