Deer in the Headlights

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I heard a story about the Netherlands.

Apparently they turned off their nuclear plants to go green and focus on solar and wind.

Apparently they had to have coal powered backup to cover the shortfall in green technology.

On a side note building a giant solar farm comes with it's own environmental drawbacks.  Bird populations suffer due to radiation and reflection of said panels.

Nuclear appears to be the most environmentally friendly of all the options available provided there's no meltdown...

Hi Thry. 

The story is familiar, but I don't think it was the Netherlands (although they do have blackouts and need additional energy)
My quick research says that they built a few new coal plants ~2015, with some to be phased out by 2029.  They also have one nuclear plant, which was supposed to have the plug pulled, but it wasn't (commissioned to be operational to 2033).  There are possible plans to build another.  Their actual renewables is quite small.