5 ms·
Thats good for steady baseload but actually a problem since our demand is quite variable and spinning up and down Nuclear is hard.
by chris222 3y ago
Thats good for steady baseload but actually a problem since our demand is quite variable and spinning up and down Nuclear is hard.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoIt's less of a problem than not having electricity because there's no wind or it's night. And with EVs the demand is going to massively increase. It's good to have as much renewables as possible but it's also very needed and useful to have Hinkley C.
- chris222 3y agoUtility scale battery storage is already here which solves that issue. The price of renewables + storage is cheaper (there have been PPAs in the 8-12 cent range). Also electric cars are not the demand generators that people think. I live in the New England region and our NE ISO has studied this and put out their forecast for the region already. Heat pumps are a much bigger issue. https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2023/04/transfx2023_final.pdf https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2023/04/trans...