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Vogtle capacity factor is at 91%. That won't do for a datacenter. This is exactly why highly energy intensive consumers are still connected to the grid, and NO
by myrmidon 2y ago
Vogtle capacity factor is at 91%. That won't do for a datacenter.
This is exactly why highly energy intensive consumers are still connected to the grid, and NOT to individual power plants.
In a grid with increasing proportion of renewable energy (wind/solar), it becomes less and less appealing to build nuclear plants because the amount of time that those plants are not competitive increases (=> whenever wind/sun is available).
Even in China, basically the only country where nuclear power is being added at a non-negligible rate right now, nuclear output is being eclipsed by wind/solar already, and those are growing much faster, too: More wind power was added in China since 2019 than the total nuclear power right now (~400TWh/year), and absolutely no trend reversal is in sight.
- Moldoteck 2y agonuclear increased approvals for npp - 10+/yr with 30+ in construction. Not comparable to renewable scaling, but China certainly sees potential in nuclear
- janalsncm 2y agoNot sure how much it factors in, but solar is at a political disadvantage since Chinese solar panels are artificially expensive.