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And the cost of the backup power for when wind and solar don't generate enough?

• ben_w 4y ago
  Yes. The most expensive serious storage solution is LiIon, and even that's merely the same cost (or at least, the bell curves of their prices mostly overlap) as an equivalent nuclear reactor. (I'm deliberately ignoring any claims about future battery costs; while I'm expecting them to come down, they don't need to in order to make this argument).
  • HyperSane 4y ago
    "and even that's merely the same cost (or at least, the bell curves of their prices mostly overlap) as an equivalent nuclear reactor." citation needed.
    • ben_w 4y ago
      • PV utility scale with battery, Germany, €55-€100/MWh, (2021): https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/publications/studies/cost-of-electricity.html https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/publications/studies/cost-o... • LCOE for nuclear, analysis based on new nuclear worldwide but priced in Euros, €67-€82/MWh, (2020): https://energy.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2020-10/final_report_levelised_costs_0.pdf https://energy.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2020-10/final_repor... page 40-41