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Had to check, and was surprised to see that new reactors have actually come online in the last couple of years. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=228&t=

by pjc50 2y ago

Had to check, and was surprised to see that new reactors have actually come online in the last couple of years. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=228&t=21 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=228&t=21 Hydro still growing too despite the occasional dam removal project: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61883 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61883 But the reason wind and solar are winning is that they're so, so much easier to deploy. More countries should legalize balcony solar, too.

infecto 2y ago
Is hydro growing or is it simply the change in rainfall year to year causing the fluctuations. Hydro is not that great for the surrounding environment.
- devoutsalsa 2y ago
  One of the limitations of hydro is that most of the good spots are already in use. And that doesn’t account for environmental impact or age of damns.
  - bryanlarsen 2y ago
    Most of the good spots for hydro for generation are already in use, but there are 100X as many good spots that could be used for storage.
xeromal 2y ago
I believe Georgia, my home state, has installed 2 new reactors in the past few years.
- jeffbee 2y ago
  It would also be correct to say that Georgia has built 2 reactors in the past 35 years.
- muldvarp 2y ago
  Yes and those two reactors make up two thirds of all new nuclear reactors in the US in the last 29 years. There is no nuclear renaissance in the US and it really doesn't look like there will be one in the (near) future. Especially given how extremely badly the construction of those three reactors (and the two cancelled reactors) went.
ZeroGravitas 2y ago
The interactive data from Ember shows both US nuclear and hydro generation as flat over the last 25 years. Hydro has more variation over that time but is actually down slightly overall. They make it really hard to link to specific graph configurations though https://ember-energy.org/data/us-electricity-data-explorer/ https://ember-energy.org/data/us-electricity-data-explorer/

by pjc50 2y ago

infecto 2y ago

Is hydro growing or is it simply the change in rainfall year to year causing the fluctuations. Hydro is not that great for the surrounding environment.

devoutsalsa 2y ago
One of the limitations of hydro is that most of the good spots are already in use. And that doesn’t account for environmental impact or age of damns.
- bryanlarsen 2y ago
  Most of the good spots for hydro for generation are already in use, but there are 100X as many good spots that could be used for storage.

xeromal 2y ago

I believe Georgia, my home state, has installed 2 new reactors in the past few years.

jeffbee 2y ago
It would also be correct to say that Georgia has built 2 reactors in the past 35 years.
muldvarp 2y ago
Yes and those two reactors make up two thirds of all new nuclear reactors in the US in the last 29 years. There is no nuclear renaissance in the US and it really doesn't look like there will be one in the (near) future. Especially given how extremely badly the construction of those three reactors (and the two cancelled reactors) went.

ZeroGravitas 2y ago

The interactive data from Ember shows both US nuclear and hydro generation as flat over the last 25 years. Hydro has more variation over that time but is actually down slightly overall. They make it really hard to link to specific graph configurations though https://ember-energy.org/data/us-electricity-data-explorer/ https://ember-energy.org/data/us-electricity-data-explorer/