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For nuclear you still need to have peaker plants. ALso nuclear is really expensive.
by Brometheus 7y ago
For nuclear you still need to have peaker plants. ALso nuclear is really expensive.
- renaudg 7y agoPretty sure it's actually cheapest per kWh
- pasttense01 7y agoNo. If it were cheapest companies would be building nuclear. Right now in the U.S. the cheapest are wind, natural gas and solar.
- Reason077 7y agoNew-build nuclear is far more expensive, per kWh, than renewables. In Europe, even off-shore wind - one of the most expensive renewables - is now coming in much cheaper than nuclear projects. In the US, even many old nuclear plants are struggling to compete without subsidies against renewables and natural gas.