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Just cheeked some levelized utility scale costs for the US: Advanced Nuclear is of $72/MWh. Wind onshore $30/Mwh Solar photovoltaic (PV) $30/Mwh Lithium-ion
by nabla9 5y ago
Just cheeked some levelized utility scale costs for the US:
Advanced Nuclear is of $72/MWh.
Wind onshore $30/Mwh
Solar photovoltaic (PV) $30/Mwh
Lithium-ion battery storage is roughly $180/Mwh.
At the moment, if you want to provide baseload better than nuclear using renewables, the cost must of storage must not exceed $30-$40/Mwh.
(grid baseload is the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time, something unvarying power plants are best suited for. Renewables require storage and advanced grid to provide baseload.)