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While Emmanuel Macron announced the relaunch of the construction of nuclear reactors on French soil, the candidate of Europe Ecology – The Greens argued the fall in the cost of renewable energies.
“Today, it’s not oil against nuclear, it’s nuclear against renewable energies.” Asked about the French energy mix during the “8:22 p.m.”, on France 2, Thursday, November 18, the environmental candidate Yannick Jadot returned to the strategic choice he promotes for the future of the country.
In the past, “We were able to have an incredible investment plan. We were able to have a great public policy, based on engineers and quality workers”, recalled the candidate, returning to the boom in nuclear power in France: “me, I want to do exactly the same with the renewable”, threw the former director of campaigns for Greenpeace France.
While Emmanuel Macron announced the relaunch of the construction of nuclear reactors on French soil, the candidate of Europe Ecology – The Greens made argue that the prices of renewable energies had fallen considerably, graphs in support. He notably cited “the cost of photovoltaics [qui] has been divided by 10 in 10 years “, while that of wind power is at “minus 70%”.
“The nuclear electricity offered by Emmanuel Macron is twice as expensive as the renewable electricity that I offer “, brandishing figures visibly from the “World Nuclear Industry Status Report” (PDF document in English) and taking into account the delays and the additional costs linked to the construction of the Flamanville EPR.