Comment by yellowapple
16 hours ago
Not even “instead”. We need all of the above: nuclear for base loads, solar for peak loads, batteries for surplus capture.
16 hours ago
Not even “instead”. We need all of the above: nuclear for base loads, solar for peak loads, batteries for surplus capture.
Base load is a concept of the past, grids around the world are being redesigned to be flexible to reap zero-production-costs renewable energy. Nuclear (which is impossible to run economically as a flexible asset) simply does not fit into that new world anymore.
Damn, so we’re left with nothing, because nuclear is by far the most viable moving forward.
This right here. It's not one or the other, its a diverse combination of all of them that makes for the best results.