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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-24 hours agoIn which case they would choose Nuclear over Solar 9/10 times. I’m onboard
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 hours agoNuclear has few advantages over solar. Solar + batteries. Image from this article ~$1000/kW vs $6 - 10,000/kW in 2018, it is cheaper today; projected costs to drop to as low as $560/kW in 2050. Add in the ~$150/kWh of grid scale storage with the associated switchgear to connect it to the grid. For a 10MW + 20MWh solar system; you are looking at approx $13,000,000 + install costs of probably $2-3,000,000.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 hours agoThey would probably use nuclear for base load, until something better is found. But it won’t “replace” solar.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 hours agoI don’t know a single who would, including myself.
In which case they would choose Nuclear over Solar 9/10 times. I’m onboard
Nuclear has few advantages over solar.
Solar + batteries.
Image from this article
~$1000/kW vs $6 - 10,000/kW in 2018, it is cheaper today; projected costs to drop to as low as $560/kW in 2050.
Add in the ~$150/kWh of grid scale storage with the associated switchgear to connect it to the grid.
For a 10MW + 20MWh solar system; you are looking at approx $13,000,000 + install costs of probably $2-3,000,000.
They would probably use nuclear for base load, until something better is found. But it won’t “replace” solar.
I don’t know a single who would, including myself.
No they wouldnt