Comment by mpweiher
4 days ago
> Offshore wind is cheaper than coal in China now. Which also makes it much cheaper than nuclear in China.
Citation needed.
China reportedly builds the CAP-1400, a localized and uprated version of the passively safe Westinghouse AP-1000, in 5 years and for around $3.5 billion.
Serial production of a known-good design with a savvy workforce rocks!
If those reported numbers are correct, which I cannot verify, they can profitably sell that electricy at 2 cents/kWh or below.
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