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Even France didn't get to full replacement of the grid with nuclear, but they got 90% of the way their. Our current mix of tech, even without new nuclear, will
by epistasis 2y ago
Even France didn't get to full replacement of the grid with nuclear, but they got 90% of the way their. Our current mix of tech, even without new nuclear, will get us to 90% decarbonized easily.
What we have now that we didn't have 50 years ago is super cheap storage. That's a complete revolution in how to manage grids, and I don't think that the current grid planners and ops know what to do with it yet. You can use storage to avoid transmission congestion, you can use it to time shift, you can use it to avoid distribution node upgrades when you deploy it behind the meter.
There are soooooo many ways that storage can reduce grid costs and make it more economically efficient. The challenge is that nearly all grid decisions are made by people that have incentive to keep grid costs as high as possible. We need a new economic and regulatory framework in order to see the benefits of this new technology.
- adrianN 2y agoFrance is 70% nuclear, not 90.