Re:How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment
by petre on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:35PM
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> I'm interested in seeing data backing this.
Also check out capacity factors for different types of power plants. Nuclear and geothermal plants are operated as base load plants and have among the highest capacity factors. Solar photovoltaic is basically just sitting around, yet it's still useful as a distributed grid-interactive power source (on your roof for example).
Also check out capacity factors for different types of power plants. Nuclear and geothermal plants are operated as base load plants and have among the highest capacity factors. Solar photovoltaic is basically just sitting around, yet it's still useful as a distributed grid-interactive power source (on your roof for example).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacity_factor