Yes, all the cheap surplus wind and solar power will be used for many things, also e.g. low-emission production of steel and hydrogen, running heat pumps and ev

Yes, all the cheap surplus wind and solar power will be used for many things, also e.g. low-emission production of steel and hydrogen, running heat pumps and even boiling water for hot water reservoirs etc. Also, this "nuclear breakthrough" concept is likewise complicated by storage: > It also includes an energy storage system that will allow it to control how much electricity it produces at any given time. Why do they have to complicate it? Otherwise, they wouldn't have a chance competing with the cheap price of renewables: > it’s essential for integrating with power grids that use variable sources like solar and wind. Basically, nuclear plants generate losses when it's sunny or windy, and profits from the dark and calm times won't make up for the losses. (The flexible power consumption will switch off rather than pay the higher nuclear power prices.)