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Duane Arnold plant is being replaced with solar panels and battery storage: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/duane-arnold-nuclear-plant-solar-f

• belorn 6y ago
  A 615-megawatt facility coupled with 60 megawatts seems a bit low on the storage side. The more common approach I have seen with solar panels is 75% capacity for about 3-4 hours running time. It should be quite clear that neither solution are even close to enough power to bridge the gap and require additional energy in the form of fossil fuels. It will be less fossil fuels than if the nuclear plant was exclusively replaced with fossil fuels, but it will be more fossil fuels than before and it will be adding to global warming in a time where the planet can't take more.