How much nuclear energy would be needed to replace European natural gas?
The scale of the challenge is large, but doable
Roger Pielke Jr.
Mar 7
The figure above shows the net energy consumption between nuclear power and natural gas (former minus the latter, expressed in Exajoules, data is 2020 from BP).
The data show that most countries in Europe rely much more on natural gas than they do nuclear energy. The annual balance in favor of gas is the greatest in Germany, and will get larger by about 0.5 EJ when its last 3 nuclear power plants are shut this year.
To get a sense of scale, how much nuclear energy would be required to replace all European natural gas?
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