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raphaeljtoday at 3:42 PM1 replyview on HN

A 10c€/kWh CfD is not strictly speaking a subsidy, at the government will recover the average market price.

That being said, the total cost per kWh could well reach 20c/kWh, which is ridiculous. It's not only not competitive against renewables, but also not competitive with natural gas (CCGT are probably around 10-15c€/kWh).


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ViewTrick1002today at 3:45 PM

The average day ahead price in France in 2025 was 6 cents per kWh.

This is with carbon trading starting to make fossil production very expensive, on top of LNG fossil gas. Which will quickly start to diminish as more renewables and storage comes online.

While the CFD runs for 40 years so into the 2080s for all but the first reactor.