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Is that with or without energy storage you'd need for the wind turbines? Does the estimate account for the fact that building a large number of nuclear plants m

by m0zg 7y ago

Is that with or without energy storage you'd need for the wind turbines? Does the estimate account for the fact that building a large number of nuclear plants means dramatically cheaper unit cost?

ocschwar 7y ago
Completely independent of storage. And that said, if you go offshore, you don't really need a lot of storage.
- nmfisher 7y ago
  > And that said, if you go offshore, you don't really need a lot of storage. How does that work?
  - woodandsteel 7y ago
    Because the wind is more steady, around the clock and over longer periods of time.
    - gns24 7y ago
      Data? From what I've seen it's a little bit steadier, but not that much.