Renewbros cling to various magic technology fixes for the inherent problems with intermittent renewables, Real Soon Now™ None of these are working now or have

Renewbros cling to various magic technology fixes for the inherent problems with intermittent renewables, Real Soon Now™ None of these are working now or have any reasonable chance of ever working. That's why the entire industrialized world is doing nuclear power. The UK just today approved Sizewell C and chose Rolls Royce to supply SMR. And even of the 10 countries that once had decided on a nuclear phaseout, 7 so far have rescinded that decision: Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Holland, Italy, Belgium, and Taiwan. That's more than a 2/3 majority! 2 more are close: Switzerland has said it will rescind the prohibition of building new nuclear, and at least one Kanton has just demanded permission to build more nuclear power plants. Spain's energy minister, after the catastrophic #Spainout, has said that she is open to keeping the nuclear power stations running. In addition, parliament has passed a resolution demanding rescinding the ban, as well as various mayors. Oh, and the grid operator has made absolutely certain to keep rotating masses (Gas + Nuclear + Hydro) at a minimum of 40% to keep the grid stable after the #Spainout. I ask you: if that's the "stable mode", what was the mode before? Anyway, with Spain and Switzerland, that would then be 9 out of 10. Germany is completely alone in sticking to its backward, out of touch, and catastrophic ideology. And mind you, that's just the countries that once shared Germany's ideological path, going from a high-tech, dependable, safe and cheap electricity source to a weather-dependent one like before the Industrial Revolution. Most countries with nuclear power never went down that road, because it was always irrational. And of course more countries are adding nuclear power: Poland is starting to build, Egypt and Turkey are finishing their first nuclear power plants, grid connection likely in 2026. And even renewables champion Denmark has dropped their ban and in seriously looking into adopting nuclear power. Oh, and of course capacity factor matters, because it dramatically increases required overcapacity. And as overcapacity increases, capacity factors drop further, because all this overcapacity cannibalizes each other. This is starting to happen in Germany, with renewables generation actually lower in Q1 2025 than in Q1 2024 despite significant increases in capacity. The house of cards that is the German "Energiewende" is unraveling.