Comment by ViewTrick1002

Nuclear needs the same compensation. The high fixed cost low variable cost model lends nuclear power to only run at 100%.

Take the California grid, peak energy usage is 2x minimum. Nuclear plants are insanely costly when ran at 100%. Imagine running at much lower capacity factors. Say the peaking plants run at 50%, that means the cost for consumers would be ¢2.4-4/kWh. [1]

Logically this entails that if we can solve a nuclear grid then we can solve a renewable grid since they impose the very similar constraints on the grid operators.

[1]: https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/2023-levelized-cost...