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> If you want to replace gas peaker plants with nuclear then you need to build up enough nuclear capacity to replace all other intermittent electricity producer
by realusername 6y ago
> If you want to replace gas peaker plants with nuclear then you need to build up enough nuclear capacity to replace all other intermittent electricity producers.
Why even build all those intermittent electricity producers in the first place then? It sounds like problem searching for a solution.
- Aachen 6y agoBecause we have no choice. We ideally need better storage solutions or something like cheaper fission to keep the price of energy down, but we need to avoid a climate disaster even more to keep the price of living down.
- Qwertious 6y ago>Why even build all those intermittent electricity producers in the first place then? Because they're the cheapest. All else being equal, you want most of your grid to be dirt-cheap, and the last 10% can be crazy expensive and you'll still end up ahead.
- pfdietz 6y ago> Why even build all those intermittent electricity producers in the first place then? Cost a new nuclear power plant in the US: $10,000/kW Cost a combined cycle gas turbine power plant: $1,000/kW Cost a simple cycle gas turbine power plant: $400/kW