I am watching right now a conference [1] on youtube precisely on the comparison of hypothetical 100% wind vs 100% nuclear. Basically it explains that wind has

I am watching right now a conference [1] on youtube precisely on the comparison of hypothetical 100% wind vs 100% nuclear. Basically it explains that wind has a typical average utilisation of about 20% vs 70% for full nuclear. A turbine lasts about 20-30y vs 60 for a nuclear reactor. In addition, wind is producing the electricity at the edge of the network, and you loose the diversification effect of having a network (the example he gave is that in France the total potential consumption of all usage of electricity is 4-5x the total installed supply, because not all machines are switched on at the same time, but if you produce your electricity locally you must size it to the potential local need). In addition you have to stock more between seasons for wind than nuclear. So even though the cost per kW built of wind is roughly half or a third of nuclear, the overall cost is 10-20x higher than nuclear. [1] (in french) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4teA8ciuRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4teA8ciuRU