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As has been pointed out this study is filled with a lot of stats and little methodology. They assume that solar tech is getting cheaper and cheaper $/KwH (quite
by nickpinkston 16y ago
As has been pointed out this study is filled with a lot of stats and little methodology. They assume that solar tech is getting cheaper and cheaper $/KwH (quite valid), however they seemingly think that nuclear is frozen and the tech costs are rising.
I think it could be argued that the lobbies subsidizing both sides are causing each trend. Westinghouse wants subsidies so more plants are sold, however that also increases the tendency to over-build. A friend of mine in their nuke dept. said this very true. Compare western to foreign nuke prices.
Also, the green movement has every interest to encourage increasingly strict nuclear regs that make it difficult to make new ones while they support solar subsidies.
All of this leads to nuclear power going up in price while the tech remains underutilized. This report shows these price trends, but does little to elucidate the underlying causation in them.