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I think it's misleading to compare peak nuclear generation against peak solar/wind- in order to be comparable with nuclear's baseload, renewables need to be bui
by Rebelgecko 5y ago
I think it's misleading to compare peak nuclear generation against peak solar/wind- in order to be comparable with nuclear's baseload, renewables need to be built in conjunction with a boatload of batteries. Otherwise you just end up burning fossil fuels at night time.
- KarlKemp 5y agoIt’s not comparing peak-to-peak. That’s what “levelized” means. It’s price per actual megawatthour produced.
- Rebelgecko 5y agoAt least in my state, a MWh produced at 3pm is much less useless than one produced at 8pm
- natmaka 5y agoIn order to cope with renewables variability various approaches complement each other but need investments in order to produce the baseload: continent-scale wind generation patterns benefiting from lo-correlation between wind regimes, a mix (wind, solar, biomass...), storage, smartgrid... Money spared because they are more and more cheap will be invested in those ways, letting us benefit from their main characteristics (no major risk, no combustible, very low emissions, no dangerous waste, no risky and expensive decommission...).
- andygates 5y agoVariability is smoothed with diverse overbuild and robust inteconnects (sorry, Texas). Batteries are needed for peaker plants, like gas is used now. But they don't need to be everywhere.