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1 $/watt capital costs and 2.5c/kWhr for 4th gen nuclear. Solar needs to be a heck of a lot cheaper to compete with that. All you need for 4th gen to appeal to
by Beltiras 7y ago
1 $/watt capital costs and 2.5c/kWhr for 4th gen nuclear. Solar needs to be a heck of a lot cheaper to compete with that.
All you need for 4th gen to appeal to regulators is one country starting it and showing success. Indonesia will test it out. Depending on success of failure, other countries will follow suit.
- jillesvangurp 7y agoSolar bids already already dip way below that regularly for several years. By the time any of this is built, << 1c per kwh should be the norm. That only requires a 2x cost reduction which is nothing considering cost trends over the last decade with solar. Think orders of magnitude here.