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Possible counter argument: nuclear runs 24/7. In the US, data over several years has shown wind available only one-third of the time, and solar available one-q

• bryanlarsen 6y ago
  From your article "geothermal resources are generally available all the time" My costs were quoted in kWh, not kW. So that already adjusts for capacity factor. So my comment has 7x the number of kWh of a nuclear solution, but it has 19x (!) the nominal generating capacity. Also remember that part of the reason for the low capacity factor of renewables is over-production, not just under-production. During high wind events, some turbines are feathered because there isn't enough load on the grid to use the energy. Battery storage is cheap. Casey Handmer calculated that it's cheaper to use batteries to store energy locally than it is to build high voltage lines: https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2020/12/27/the-future-of-electricity-is-local/ https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2020/12/27/the-future-of-...