Thread by @Sustainable2050

The six new nuclear power plants (9 GW) in Macron's plan grab the headlines, but the impressive renewables part is way bigger in terms of annual production.
40 GW of offshore wind,
20 GW of onshore wind,
100 GW of solar PV,
biomethane. lesechos.fr/industrie-serv…

An enormous renewable energy plan, with replacement, and lifetime extension where possible, of aging nuclear capacity, as @RonnieBelmans says:

https://twitter.com/RonnieBelmans/status/1491841678239571973

Same version here in the Netherlands: "Macron fully bets on nuclear power to meet climate target"
nos.nl/l/2416671

Just to be sure: I did the math, that's why I could tweet that the annual energy production is way higher. Just that wind and solar will produce more than 40 GW of nuclear would do, even at 8,000 full load hours (much higher than usual in France). And then there's the biomethane.

And overall, I'd say French nuclear power production will go down under these plans, since more capacity will retire than will be built.