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The cheapest sources of power to deploy in most situations are PV and onshore wind, and will continue to plummet in price. Nuclear and most other forms are esse
by hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
The cheapest sources of power to deploy in most situations are PV and onshore wind, and will continue to plummet in price. Nuclear and most other forms are essentially moot at this point. It's not a conspiracy, it's economic reality. And there's no forever hazmat storage requirements either.
- mahkeiro 2y agoGreat but how do you manage instability in the grid? German still need a huge volume of gas powered plant as there is not enough pumped storage or batteries to stabilize it.
- pfdietz 2y agoSome combination of strategies. For example, a combination of short term storage (batteries) and long term storage (e-fuels, such as hydrogen) will likely come in cheaper than nuclear. https://model.energy/ https://model.energy/
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoGermany is probably under then influence of expediency or big oil interests rather than investing. PES and batteries must be deployed at scale, and also leveraging EV V2G such as SAE J3072.