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The cost of nuclear power is absurd. It's 5x the cost of solar and wind. If you use electricity to synthesize gas and then burn that later to generate electric
by pydry 6mo ago
The cost of nuclear power is absurd. It's 5x the cost of solar and wind.
If you use electricity to synthesize gas and then burn that later to generate electricity that is still cheaper than nuclear power.
https://theecologist.org/2016/feb/17/wind-power-windgas-cheaper-and-greener-hinkley-point-c-nuclear-plant https://theecologist.org/2016/feb/17/wind-power-windgas-chea...
Nobody builds nuclear power because it's cost effective or green. They either have nukes like China or have purchased an option on nukes (like Iran or Poland).
- zdragnar 6mo agoYou need to overprovision solar and wind capacity by at minimum 5x for northern latitudes' winter months compared to the summer, plus another few multipliers to keep storage topped up, or invest heavily in HVDC and massively overprovision the southern states. For that scenario, nuclear is still marginally cheaper (at today's prices at least).
- pydry 6mo agoNorthern latitudes have low population density and plenty of hydro power which, unlike nuclear power, CAN actually operate as a battery at a reasonable cost. There is still nowhere in the world nuclear power makes economic sense.