In previous post, I left off concluding that the displacement of nuclear by natural gas will increase emissions. This based on the notion that displacing a low emission power source by one with a higher emissions will logically result in more emissions.
The big question is of course by how much? Not all nuclear capacity will be replaced by natural gas and solar and wind capacity will increase. To summarize, this is the change that is proposed:
- Solar/PV: from 4787.56 MW now to 11 GWp by 2030
- Wind
- Offshore wind: from 2,254.4 MWp now to 4,000 GWp by 2030
- Onshore wind: from 2,578.809 MWp now to 3,500 GWp by 2030
- Natural gas: from 5,300 MW now to 5,600 MW
- Nuclear: from 6,000 MW now to 0 MW.
Although the needed capacity of dispatchable power decreases very slowly compared the rapidly increasing peak production, the total amount of electricity produced by…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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