Comment by ebiester
6 hours ago
We are getting to storage solutions already. But I think many of us think nuclear for base load and massively overbuilt solar and wind so that we can handle the full electrification of our system would be a net economic win as well as an environmental one.
Also, consider that we have a connected grid outside of Texas and that the weather is not usually bad everywhere.
The problem is that there isn’t any ”base load” when you’ve introduced renewables.
Take a look at the South Australian grid for a peek into the future. How would you introduce a nuclear baseload to this grid? Turn it off for days on end when renewables deliver?
https://explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/sa1/?range=7d&...