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Renewables require storage because they're not always running, the sun isn't always shining, the wind isn't always blowing, but people are always using power.
by Natsu 4y ago
Renewables require storage because they're not always running, the sun isn't always shining, the wind isn't always blowing, but people are always using power. Nuclear only shuts down when someone shuts off the plant, so it provides base load.
- Gwypaas 4y agoNow cite some research showing it is cheaper to build nuclear than manage the variability of renewables. Then try to put that nuclear plant on a marginal price energy market dominated by renewables. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910