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The projected lifetime of these assets is baked into the LCOE and the LCOE is still 5x lower. Theres also very little risk to continuing to run solar panels or
by pydry 3y ago
The projected lifetime of these assets is baked into the LCOE and the LCOE is still 5x lower.
Theres also very little risk to continuing to run solar panels or wind turbines past their projected lifespans whereas if you do that with a nuclear plant the risks of disaster start increasing exponentially. Germany will probably find that a lot of their green energy built today will last a lot longer than projected and this will reduce their electricity prices.
- realusername 3y agoThat debate is moot, the renewables cant sustain the load by itself unlike nuclear anyways. So you need both, you need to replace them as they break down every year AND build additional backups, in case of Germany they chose gas and coal.