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Most EVs charge at night, which is typically the time of lowest grid demand, and used to set the operating point of base-load plants like nuclear and coal. Rai
by myself248 3y ago
Most EVs charge at night, which is typically the time of lowest grid demand, and used to set the operating point of base-load plants like nuclear and coal.
Raising the demand at night will disproportionately come from nuclear, and if anything by raising the baseline, it'll mean those nuclear plants are running more around the clock _decreasing_ the amount of gas peakers needed during the day.
- goodSteveramos 3y agoThis is totally wrong. Nuclear has a very low marginal operating cost and to maximize return on investment Nuclear plants run at 100% of their allowed output irrespective of demand. Increases in the price of baseload power are unlikely as intermittent sources like wind and solar contribute a higher fraction of power. In particular, midday solar output will lower the baseload far below the current low point at night.