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Nuclear power has significant and often unpredictable down-times The availability for wind power in the North Sea is about 50%. Admittedly, lower than 85% It'

Nuclear power has significant and often unpredictable down-times The availability for wind power in the North Sea is about 50%. Admittedly, lower than 85% It's not only lower. It's 35% lower. That's a lot of lower. Aside from hydro, which I very much like, but it has its own limitations, what else comes even close to nuclear? https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-releases-2019-data-on-nuclear-power-plants-operating-experience https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-releases-2019-data... I'd say nuclear is very much predictable.

bjourne 6y ago
In statistics, quantity beats quality. Suppose you have 3 nuclear power plants, each with 85% reliability and 10 wind power farms, each with 50% reliability. Assuming statistical independence (obviously a bad assumption, but that is not the point), do you think it is more likely that none of the 3 nuclear power plants generate electricity or none of the 10 wind power farms?
- fomine3 6y ago
  > (obviously a bad assumption, but that is not the point) It's the point for solar/wind energy.