Understanding nuclear power

A study by France Strategie, September 2018 Gas occupies an important place in the French energy transition already implemented: 19% of final energy, 23% for electricity. It has mainly replaced coal and fuel oil, which is undeniably a step forward, but it still represents 20% of our carbon dioxide emissions, so it’s not as “green”…

Everyone can read or hear in the media various units (kW, MW, GW, TWh …), quoted and manipulated sometimes without knowing what we’re talking about … Some definitions, then, to understand what we are told about energy… Power Expressed in W (watts), kW (thousand watts), MW (1000 kW), GW (1 million kW), this unit reflects…