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Why would the future point to renewables? There's tremendous progress which is still possible with nuclear technology, compare that with wind which is mostly a
by realusername 8y ago
Why would the future point to renewables? There's tremendous progress which is still possible with nuclear technology, compare that with wind which is mostly a solved turbine technology now, I doubt I will see a 30% gain from wind in my lifetime.
- olau 8y agoUnless you're planning to die tomorrow, you just need to wait a couple of years, and the price/MWh will have fallen 30% for wind, due to industrialization. There are some planned offshore parks in Northern Europe which were awarded without subsidies, i.e. the bidders think they can make money competing against already built and financed power plants.
- realusername 8y agoYou are talking about price, I talk about efficiency. The savings you gain with industrialisation aren't going to last forever. And I stand by my point, I'm unlikely to see a 30% gain in efficiency from wind in my lifetime, there's 200 years of incremental progress on turbines, I doubt we'll improve it by much.