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Meta seeks nuclear power developers for reactors to start in early 2030s

3 points by gniting 2y ago

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toomuchtodo 2y ago
I am not against nuclear if there is some system of accountability and commitment that it can be operational quickly and cost efficiently, but the evidence does not show this is the case. > The company wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of new U.S. nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s, it said in a release. A typical U.S. nuclear plant has a capacity of about 1 gigawatt. > The company said it was using the request-for-proposal process because, compared to renewable energy projects like solar and wind, nuclear is more capital-intensive, takes longer to develop, and is subject to more regulatory requirements. Meta could have this amount of clean energy, deployed as solar PV backed by storage, built in the US in under 2-3 years. It would also be cheaper than nuclear (from a LCOE perspective). https://apnews.com/article/solar-google-texas-data-centers-c36f18607fed2d54bd02acbd3b903b0a https://apnews.com/article/solar-google-texas-data-centers-c... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41892177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41892177 https://electrek.co/2024/11/01/toyota-solar-farm-texas/ https://electrek.co/2024/11/01/toyota-solar-farm-texas/ https://electrek.co/2024/02/23/texas-just-got-an-enormous-1-1-million-panel-solar-farm/ https://electrek.co/2024/02/23/texas-just-got-an-enormous-1-... https://www.utilitydive.com/news/connect-and-manage-grid-interconnection-ferc-ercot-transmission-planning/698949/ https://www.utilitydive.com/news/connect-and-manage-grid-int... https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/solar-and-battery-storage-projects-swell-texas-grid-connection-queue-to-355gw/ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/solar-and-battery... https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2024/06/28/ERCOT-Monthly-June-2024.pdf https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2024/06/28/ERCOT-Monthly-Ju...
atomic128 2y ago
Duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42310873 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42310873

3 points by gniting 2y ago

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I am not against nuclear if there is some system of accountability and commitment that it can be operational quickly and cost efficiently, but the evidence does not show this is the case. > The company wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of new U.S. nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s, it said in a release. A typical U.S. nuclear plant has a capacity of about 1 gigawatt. > The company said it was using the request-for-proposal process because, compared to renewable energy projects like solar and wind, nuclear is more capital-intensive, takes longer to develop, and is subject to more regulatory requirements. Meta could have this amount of clean energy, deployed as solar PV backed by storage, built in the US in under 2-3 years. It would also be cheaper than nuclear (from a LCOE perspective). https://apnews.com/article/solar-google-texas-data-centers-c36f18607fed2d54bd02acbd3b903b0a https://apnews.com/article/solar-google-texas-data-centers-c... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41892177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41892177 https://electrek.co/2024/11/01/toyota-solar-farm-texas/ https://electrek.co/2024/11/01/toyota-solar-farm-texas/ https://electrek.co/2024/02/23/texas-just-got-an-enormous-1-1-million-panel-solar-farm/ https://electrek.co/2024/02/23/texas-just-got-an-enormous-1-... https://www.utilitydive.com/news/connect-and-manage-grid-interconnection-ferc-ercot-transmission-planning/698949/ https://www.utilitydive.com/news/connect-and-manage-grid-int... https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/solar-and-battery-storage-projects-swell-texas-grid-connection-queue-to-355gw/ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/solar-and-battery... https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2024/06/28/ERCOT-Monthly-June-2024.pdf https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2024/06/28/ERCOT-Monthly-Ju...

atomic128 2y ago

Duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42310873 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42310873