Storage will be plentiful in most homes in the future, at least those with cars. A 50kWh battery will provide several days worth of electricity, even when power

Storage will be plentiful in most homes in the future, at least those with cars. A 50kWh battery will provide several days worth of electricity, even when powering a heat pump in the winter. And if batteries are cheap enough to be in cars and idle 95%-99% of the time, they are definitely going to be cheap enough for daily usage on the grid. Already, in the US, the majority of new solar projects include storage attached to the same inverters as the solar panels. Batteries are on an exponential learning curve for cost. It's not hard to see where the future will be. Additionally, a mixture of both offshore wind solar will be close enough to provide all of the UK's needs. If you go and redo David MacKay's energy scenarios for the UK from Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air, and use modern costs, the all renewable scenarios look pretty great. If nuclear can chip in and reduce some storage needs during a week long wind lull, that would be great too. But at this point in time we can't depend upon new nuclear to contribute anything to our immediate needs for climate solutions. Game day is here, now, and we have to play with the team of players we have currently.