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Nuclear has the opposite but related problem of solar; whereas you often generate excess solar and need to store it somewhere during the day, nuclear energy oft
by bobthepanda 2y ago
Nuclear has the opposite but related problem of solar; whereas you often generate excess solar and need to store it somewhere during the day, nuclear energy often generates too much during low demand times and has excess energy to store as well. And you can’t easily scale down nuclear during lower demand hours.
One of the largest pumped hydro stations was originally built to store excess energy from a nuclear power plant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power...
- tupshin 2y agoSimilar time frame. Slightly smaller capacity, Northfield Mountain was brought online to store power from the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Interestingly the pumped hydro facility is still functioning as a grid battery, even after the nuclear plant was decommissioned for no longer being cost effective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northfield_Mountain_(hydroelectricity_facility) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northfield_Mountain_(hydroelec...