Comment by bob1029

We are currently running nuclear at a capacity factor of around 91% in the US. Solar is somewhere around 24%.

1GW at noon vs 1GW forever. The area under the curve is what matters. Not the peak of the curve.

How much more would you be willing to spend to get 4x the nameplate capacity and to also get it whenever you need it?

The economics of a single plant are irrelevant in comparison to the requirements of the grid that it operates within. If someone could invent a source of power that magically scales exactly with the duck curve in Texas, I guarantee that would fetch a premium on the market, even if other economic characteristics are not competitive.

The solution to nuclear is to standardize the design and deployment process. France has demonstrated it can be done. Perhaps their engineers should be in charge of some new global standards body.