> Here in The Netherlands for instance, ... ...the Dutch parliament just voted for 4 new nuclear reactors instead of the 2 that were initially planned. https

> Here in The Netherlands for instance, ... ...the Dutch parliament just voted for 4 new nuclear reactors instead of the 2 that were initially planned. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dutch-parliament-votes-for-four-new-nuclear-plants-instead-of-two/ar-BB1joFn3 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dutch-parliament-votes-... > energy prices are negative Yes, this is one of the many problems with renewables. Negative prices do not reflect cost, but rather how much the supplied energy is currently worth to consumers. Negative prices mean that the energy that is produced is currently less than worthless, it is harmful. The reason for this is the volatility/unreliability, which means you have to massively overprovision. > for the price of a nuclear powerplant (or four) you can buy ungodly amounts of battery storage That tuns out not to be the case. Not only can you not buy sufficient storage at any price currently, the prices are also astronomical.