>...Renewables + storage are now cheaper than nuclear as a carbon free and dispatchable resource. Trying to rely only on intermittent power sources has huge st

>...Renewables + storage are now cheaper than nuclear as a carbon free and dispatchable resource. Trying to rely only on intermittent power sources has huge storage requirements due to weather along with daily/seasonal variations. For example, one estimate is that Germany would need about 6,000 pumped storage plants which is 183 times their current capacity: >...Based on German hourly feed-in and consumption data for electric power, this paper studies the storage and buffering needs resulting from the volatility of wind and solar energy. It shows that joint buffers for wind and solar energy require less storage capacity than would be necessary to buffer wind or solar energy alone. The storage requirement of over 6,000 pumped storage plants, which is 183 times Germany’s current capacity, would nevertheless be huge. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/144985/1/cesifo1_wp5950.pdf https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/144985/1/cesifo1_wp5... >...The current expectation in the utility industry is that by the time next gen nuclear is commercialized, the grid will already be >90% carbon free. What is your industry source for this? Getting the grid to be >90% carbon free is a huge undertaking and won't be done anytime soon.