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Any chance you have anything to support renewables + storage generating the same amount of power as a nuclear power plant are 1/3 the price? Preferable I would
by keneda7 4y ago
Any chance you have anything to support renewables + storage generating the same amount of power as a nuclear power plant are 1/3 the price? Preferable I would like to see reports that include all the cost of mining and processing for the battery material as well as how the used renewables sources are going to be disposed of.
Also as you are claiming nukes are take to long to build can you provide evidence of how long it would take to build and install enough renewables to output 1GW of power at all time? You would have to have massive battery farms to do this, so those must be included too.
You claim it takes under 2 years to get a renewable up yet a quick google search returns taking between 16-20 weeks for 1MW so 1GW (average output of one reactor) would take 16 weeks * 1000 so 16000 weeks. Which is 307 years.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoSolar has a LCOE of $29-32. Nuclear has an LCOE of $129-$198. https://www.lazard.com/perspective/lcoe2020 https://www.lazard.com/perspective/lcoe2020 The US is adding 30GW of renewables in 2022 alone. It's expected to add over 50GW in 2023. The 2.3GW of nuclear at Vogtle 3 & 4 cost $28.5B. The first permit was applied for in 2006 and if it is lucky it will go online in 2023.