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The notable thing is that more or less China has kept ramping up solar and wind targets whereas nuclear has been much slower to grow. China's energy requirement
by bobthepanda 1y ago
The notable thing is that more or less China has kept ramping up solar and wind targets whereas nuclear has been much slower to grow. China's energy requirements are so large that this still represents an absolute number increase, but it's telling that even with as heavy handed an industrial policy's as China's that nuclear has not really lifted off.
> Authorities have steadily downgraded plans for nuclear to dominate China's energy generation. At present, the goal is 18 per cent of generation by 2060. China installed 1GW of nuclear last year, compared to 300GW of solar and wind, Mr Buckley said.
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-16/chinas-renewable-energy-boom-breaks-records/104086640 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-16/chinas-renewa...
- mirddes 1y agoit would be unwise to put all of ones eggs in someone else's basket. having as much wind solar and nuclear as possible will ensure humanity has a bright future. 18% seems like a good number. how much storage are they investing in?
- bobthepanda 1y ago> "They're installing 1GW per month of pumped hydro storage," Mr Buckley said. Fun fact, pumped hydro was actually developed for nuclear originally in the 70s, since nuclear is a large source of power that is hard to ramp down during low demand periods. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludington_Pumped_Storage_Power...
- eichin 1y agoErr, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewood_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlewood_Lake was completed in 1928 (for electrical demand regulation.) Much older than nuclear...
- Retric 1y agoWhich is kind of funny as they where storing energy from a hydroelectric power plant, so building a larger dam would have been way more energy efficient.
- bobthepanda 1y agoConnecticut isn’t very elevated so a dam at a higher level may not have been very practical.
- bobthepanda 1y agoMy bad. It's still notable that the sixth largest one in the world was still developed for nuclear plants.