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At a guess, new wind would be affected about the same because it uses about the same amount of steel as a traditional large reactor (although you can and some p
by Schroedingersat 4y ago
At a guess, new wind would be affected about the same because it uses about the same amount of steel as a traditional large reactor (although you can and some projects do use other materials like concrete). Chromium prices would only effect the nuclear plants.
PV has a completely different supply chain. Steel quantities for a racking system like PEG https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/11/14/peg-racking-system-survives-near-direct-120-mph-hurricane-hit-in-cuba/ https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/11/14/peg-racking-system-su... are minimal. The limitation is polysilicon (which it is riding fairly hard right now, but production is being increased rapidly). Silver is the only critical resource, but metallization improvements are keeping the inputs required flat in spite of mid 20s percent growth.