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Cost of solar in isolation is meaningless. You need to factor in the cost of dealing with its intermittency, i.e. no power at night, variable power during dayli
by cm2187 3y ago
Cost of solar in isolation is meaningless. You need to factor in the cost of dealing with its intermittency, i.e. no power at night, variable power during daylight.
- loeg 3y agoYeah, "1W" of solar generation and 1W of nuclear generation are not interchangeable. There is a subtle sleight of hand in GP's argument.
- jasonwatkinspdx 3y agoThat is what capacity factor captures.
- cm2187 3y agoNo it doesn't. Whether Solar has a 10% or 25% average load doesn't matter, you need to build something else to deal with needing power at night.
- jasonwatkinspdx 3y agoThat is what capacity factor captures.
- loeg 3y agoIt really doesn't. What we care about to avoid blackouts is something like the minimum output, rather than the average.