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No, with proper system design solar + wind + storage is cheaper than new construction nuclear. There's a reason China is installing two orders of magnitude mor
by pfdietz 2y ago
No, with proper system design solar + wind + storage is cheaper than new construction nuclear.
There's a reason China is installing two orders of magnitude more solar than nuclear these days (nameplate capacity basis).
- legitster 2y agoChina is also the top consumer in the world of coal and they continue to break their record every year. On the margin I don't argue that renewables are cheaper, but you still need a way to generate base load power on demand.
- pfdietz 2y agoYou can generate baseload power from non-baseload sources. Renewables + storage can do the whole job. There is no need for anything called a "baseload source". Indeed, that label indicates a deficiency, not a capability: it's a source that has to run (almost) all the time to make economic sense.
- xaldir 2y agoChina needs every power generation it can build.