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That is why companies like Moltex Energy are building a nuclear reactor with a combination of a heat battery. So that they can do 100% utilization and then make

That is why companies like Moltex Energy are building a nuclear reactor with a combination of a heat battery. So that they can do 100% utilization and then make massive profit when solar is not there. However that means you are innovating in nuclear and in heat batteries.

adrianN 4y ago
If you have good storage tech you can just store surplus renewable energy and don't really need the expensive reactor part though.
- panick21_ 4y ago
  Its heat storage, renewables don't generate heat. This would be more like the technology used in CSP.
  - adrianN 4y ago
    Renewables generate electricity which is very easy to turn into heat.
pfdietz 4y ago
I am skeptical of Moltex's cost models.