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Nuclear fanboys (and I'm one) need to make peace with the fact that we've regulated them out of existence. Building a new nuclear plant takes more time, costs m
by eloff 7y ago
Nuclear fanboys (and I'm one) need to make peace with the fact that we've regulated them out of existence. Building a new nuclear plant takes more time, costs more per MWh, and involves more risk than current solar + batteries. I think nuclear had great potential, and if we'd been innovating on it for the last 70 years like we have in other fields it would be competitive. But we didn't and it's not, and it's probably late to change the momentum on that. Batteries are now advancing rapidly and I expect the future to be solar and wind with energy storage as the bulk of our energy production.
- ixtli 7y agoCan you link me to some support of the claim about batteries? I'm always depressed with what i perceive as total stagnation on that front. Last i checked the way they store power grid-scale electricity is literally to pump water up hill then let it back down when they need it. That's how bad our battery tech is.
- philipkglass 7y agoSome recent utility scale battery project news: "NV Energy Announces ‘Hulkingly Big’ Solar-Plus-Storage Procurement" https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/nv-energy-signs-a-whopping-1-2-gigawatts-of-solar-and-590-megawatts-of-stor https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/nv-energy-signs... "‘Cheaper Than a Peaker’: NextEra Inks Massive Wind+Solar+Storage Deal in Oklahoma" https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/nextera-inks-even-bigger-windsolarstorage-deal-with-oklahoma-cooperative https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/nextera-inks-ev... "GlidePath Took on Storage in Texas. Now It Wants to Add Batteries to Wind" https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/glidepath-took-on-storage-in-texas-now-it-wants-to-add-it-to-wind https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/glidepath-took-...