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You seem to imply that solar and wind are a drop-in replacement for nuclear, but they are not. Nuclear keeps producing power on a windless night.
by Rygian 5y ago
You seem to imply that solar and wind are a drop-in replacement for nuclear, but they are not. Nuclear keeps producing power on a windless night.
- hypertele-Xii 5y ago> with storage
- Rygian 5y agoWhat do you mean by "with storage"? How much of it? If you want to cover for an 8-hour windless night, at 1 GW, you will need 8 GWh of storage, and you will need to generate a surplus of 8 GWh of electricity during the remaining 16 hours of the (previous) day, every day (windy or not, sunny or not). Comparing solar/wind to nuclear requires more elaboration than just slapping a "with storage."