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Demand is not stable so you still need energy storage or something else to fill the peaks. The only alternative is not running the plant at full capacity, which
by olau 9y ago
Demand is not stable so you still need energy storage or something else to fill the peaks. The only alternative is not running the plant at full capacity, which will make it even more expensive.
Less space: that's true. But you still need a fair bit of space to the nearest city. :)
- RivieraKid 9y agoYeah, but with nuclear you only have to deal with demand variability, not supply variability.
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoThat is not "the only alternative" in practice. If you're in a market (which most companies owning nuclear generation are) you'd sell your excess energy, you wouldn't lower the output of your nuclear generation resources.