This facet of the "merit of order" is, amongst clean (non-greenhouse-effect emitting) sources, mainly decided upon the cost of production, and therefore renewab

This facet of the "merit of order" is, amongst clean (non-greenhouse-effect emitting) sources, mainly decided upon the cost of production, and therefore renewables are already (and more and more) preferred upon nuclear, reducing its capacity factor and therefore condemning it (because a nuclear reactor economics implies a high capacity factor: letting it down or idle is very expensive). https://www.lazard.com/perspective/lcoe2020 https://www.lazard.com/perspective/lcoe2020