France's new energy law slashes targets on renewables in favour of nuclear (www.rfi.fr)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 2026 13:46
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After years of wrangling, France has set out a new energy law that slashes its wind and solar power targets and drops a mandate for state-run energy provider EDF to shut down nuclear plants.

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Zatore@lemmy.zip on 15 Feb 2026 16:06 collapse

Good, nuclear is worth it in the long run. I’m not saying they should remove renewable, but nuclear is where it’s at

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 16 Feb 2026 17:21 collapse

Particularly considering the incredible amount of investment France put into nuclear power since the early Cold War era - a strategic policy that was designed specifically to minimize energy dependence on non-allied regions and nations. As per this list, as of 2022, securing supply lines from Canada and Australia for the foreseeable future looks like a good idea.

Also, maintaining and building out their nuclear infrastructure would make them (once again) the leaders in European nuclear technology, which has very important implications in both civil and military matters - even moreso, considering how geopolitics are going all off-axis nowadays.