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I don't see the problem. You run nuclear as baseload, and use the excess renewables to do energy intensive tasks, store what you can or sell them to the areas w
by karmakurtisaani 3y ago
I don't see the problem. You run nuclear as baseload, and use the excess renewables to do energy intensive tasks, store what you can or sell them to the areas where there is no excess. This problem exists even when nuclear is not in the picture. Having nuclear will hedge you against the occasional underproduction you will experience with renewables, so to me it all sounds completely reasonable.
- adrianN 3y agoYou force nuclear power plants to sell their energy at a loss for half the year at least. You can of course do that, but good luck finding investors.
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoNuclear is already a challenging investment, as the plants are very expensive and only start producing after several years. I think it's reasonable to assume that the state would cover majority of the costs, and consider nuclear as an infrastructure investment, rather than get-rich-quick scheme.