Because they need more battery storage, which Europe is rapidly building.
sudb•1h ago
It can't come fast enough! I have a friend who works on battery storage in Europe and it sounds like an extremely busy time for them, which I'm glad for.
2snakes•58s ago
Is it iron-air batteries?
netsharc•37m ago
Just redirect the solar power to cool the water going out of the nuclear powerplant.
"Just".
My 4th grade physics knowledge is telling me this doesn't work, because the heat energy from the water still has to go somewhere...
Rygian•38m ago
Their nuclear reactor goes away every night though.
fragmede•18m ago
Obviously the solution to that is to put mirrors in space to reflect sunlight so their collectors also work at night.
toomuchtodo•8m ago
“We have these things called ‘batteries.’” —- Rep. Magaziner from the great state of Rhode Island
So yeah in the mostly probable case that reading was not involved in many of the comments, they were not shut down for a technical issue but the govt stops them from discharging the water.
All the reactor works fine and would work fine. Gov makes choice to let people hurt
dotcoma•2h ago
sudb•1h ago
But I did find something about a predicted grid overload during a sunny period requiring a solar plant to go offline:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/12/solar-fa...
toomuchtodo•1h ago
sudb•1h ago
2snakes•58s ago
netsharc•37m ago
"Just".
My 4th grade physics knowledge is telling me this doesn't work, because the heat energy from the water still has to go somewhere...
Rygian•38m ago
fragmede•18m ago
toomuchtodo•8m ago
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/bergum-trum...
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mlqlavgdkk2a
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/chart-grid-ba...
https://www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releases/new-report-e...