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Fission power is just too expensive - it's done and it won't come back at a large scale anywhere because the price point is not great (and France is good exampl
by RandomLensman 3y ago
Fission power is just too expensive - it's done and it won't come back at a large scale anywhere because the price point is not great (and France is good example there). Doesn't mean no new reactors will be built.
If there is a new nuclear, it will be fusion which so far has not been given anywhere close to as much funding/subsidies as fission (or fossil fuels).
- fsflover 3y ago> because the price point is not great (and France is good example there). AFAIK the prices for electricity is lower in France than in Germany.
- BurningPenguin 3y agoIt is artificially held down by their government.
- throw0101b 3y agoAnd governments haven't subsidized the development of renewables for the last (two) decade or so? Yes, renewable is cheap now, but it was expensive when the rollout started. "How Germany helped bring down the cost of PV" * https://energytransition.org/2016/01/how-germany-helped-bring-down-the-cost-of-pv/ https://energytransition.org/2016/01/how-germany-helped-brin... From 2017, "Germany’s High-Priced Energy Revolution": * https://fortune.com/2017/03/14/germany-renewable-clean-energy-solar/ https://fortune.com/2017/03/14/germany-renewable-clean-energ... "Germany Paid Record $38 Billion for Green Power Growth in 2020" * https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-12/germany-paid-record-38-billion-for-green-power-growth-in-2020#xj4y7vzkg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-12/germany-p...