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Load following is economic suicide when most of the costs are fixed, which is why nuclear plants tend to shy away from it.
by Gwypaas 3y ago
Load following is economic suicide when most of the costs are fixed, which is why nuclear plants tend to shy away from it.
- Retric 3y agoYep, load following designs cost more to build and operate, and operating at even lower capacity factor means fewer kWh/year to pay back those costs. The advantage is if your forced to curtail output less as you can more closely follow the demand curve, but that’s already a losing proposition without drastic decreases in power plant operating and construction costs.