Some non-trivial nuclear capacity is expected to make high-renewable deep-decarbonization scenarios significantly cheaper [1]. That hydrogen and battery storage

Some non-trivial nuclear capacity is expected to make high-renewable deep-decarbonization scenarios significantly cheaper [1]. That hydrogen and battery storage stuff quickly adds numbers to the system cost. Solar alone with no storage doesn't work even a little (because of night time). [1] http://energy.mit.edu/research/future-nuclear-energy-carbon-constrained-world/ http://energy.mit.edu/research/future-nuclear-energy-carbon-...