In this episode of La Loupe, Valentin Ehkirch, journalist specializing in Climate at L’Express, explains to us why our nuclear power plants are underused.
The team: Charlotte Baris (presentation), Mathias Penguilly (writing), Jules Krot (editing and direction).
Music and dressing: Emmanuel Herschon/Studio Torrent
Image credits: GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP
Logo: Anne-Laure Chapelain/Benjamin Chazal
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Charlotte Baris: 200 terawatt hours. A gigantic expense that you won’t see on your bill anytime soon – unless you are the biggest electricity consumer in France. This seems very high. Could you give us some comparisons, so that our listeners can understand a little better what it represents?
Valentin Ehkirch: Already one terawatt hour is a billion kilowatt hours. In 2022, France consumed on average 459.3 terawatt hours of electricity. So 200 terawatt hours is a little less than half of the national needs for a year. This is much more important than the thousands of kilowatts indicated on your bill…
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