> So in short it is a myth that you require nuclear (or any large 24/7 power plant) for baseload. I don't think anyone thinks that literally, but rather that i

> So in short it is a myth that you require nuclear (or any large 24/7 power plant) for baseload. I don't think anyone thinks that literally, but rather that in most places that's true in practice given the alternatives. Solar won't contribute to baseload at all for large parts of the day, meaning that no amount of overprovisioning helps. Wind has more noise on a day-cycle, so can be "averaged out" for large geographical areas, in theory. In practice though, I don't think wind provides baseload supply anywhere, currently, but happy to be proven wrong.