In addition some electricity providers will sell you "green electricity", meaning they'll commit to buying the amount you consume from renewable sources.

Or even better: commit to build renewable capacity to cover their customers to avoid that the “green” energy is simply taken away from the power mix of everyone else

enviably, I'm not so sure...

Most of the plants are quite old, and will cost a ton to renovate (~50B euros for the "Grand Carenage") or close.

They also represent a growing risk as they get older.

There is also the well known issue of waste management.

Right now, it's actually more expensive per kWh produced.

Also as it's backed by a well established nuclear industry, there is an important nuclear lobby which slows down renewable energy sources development.

This industry is slowly dying (Areva had to be bailed-out basically a few years ago, and abroad, the bankruptcy of Westinghouse comes to mind), not the best horse to bet on.

Is it better than coal plants? probably, but it's far from a silver bullet.

To go back to electric car (and electric transport in general). One thing I rarely see discussed is the necessary increase in electricity production that a full switch to EV would require. How much bigger the output of electricity will have to be? 30%, 50%? Right now, given the really small proportion of EV, it's just a blip, but on a massive scale?