Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis

Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by ZeroGravitas on Friday November 08, 2019 @06:29PM (#21488045)

Technically, this makes the duck curve worse, because the actual "problem" the duck curve presents is solar ramplong down in the evening faster than gas can ramp up. But trackers (or west facing panels) make that more like a square wave so it lasts longer but then falls faster than a static south facing panel.

But, the duck curve isn't a real problem anyway. Worst case scenario, some solar gets curtailed , creating an opportunity for storage solutions.

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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by Retric on Friday November 08, 2019 @09:54PM (#21489257)

You’re thinking solar is all in the same location. Across a few locations in even a single time zone the ramp up and down is going to be fairly steady. Also, with nuclear in the mix you can be charging grid storage twice a day assuming a daytime and night time surplus. This possibly cuts the cost per kWh of some energy storage in half.

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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by labawi on Sunday November 10, 2019 @02:38PM (#21499733)

Ramp up/down is not much of an issue, as long as you can predict it. Yes tracking solar looks more like a square wave, but only in an extent a duck looks more like a horse, than a worm.

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