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In 2021 US power consumption was 3.93 PWh. 5500 GWh is a bit over 12 hours of consumption. Not gonna cut it. And that's assuming 100% of the batteries are us
by fallingknife 4y ago
In 2021 US power consumption was 3.93 PWh. 5500 GWh is a bit over 12 hours of consumption. Not gonna cut it. And that's assuming 100% of the batteries are used for grid storage, and there is no demand growth in the next 8 years.
- ZetaZero 4y agoWith Vogtle 3 & 4, the only nuclear plants coming online in the US, the construction costs are now projected to be $30 billion for 2.2 GW. We'd need ~1000 of these size plants to power the US. That's not going to cut it either.
- nabla9 4y agoNuclear is needed for base load, not for all electricity needs. Nuclear is the most cost effective way to achieve base load.
- pfdietz 4y agoNeither of these statements is true.
- fallingknife 4y agoYou mathed wrong. You would need a little over 200, but no one is suggesting powering the whole grid with nuclear.
- ZetaZero 4y agoand no one suggested we run the entire grid on PV/batteries, except you.
- ncmncm 4y agoVogtle will be cancelled before completion. That many $billions for 2GW is nothing short of pathetic. It cannot be cancelled soon enough.