"In the Netherlands alone, these solar panels generate an output equivalent to at least 25 medium sized nuclear power plants."
That seems an order of magnitude wrong. https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2024/10/nearly-half-the-electricity-produced-in-the-netherlands-is-now-renewable claims 21TWh for solar in NL in 2023, average NPP in the USA in 2021 based on https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/data-and-statistics.php data (+ number of plants from https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/nuclear-power-plants.php) is 14TWh.
Pierre Bourdon
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