Re:German solar and wind are triple the cost of French nucle...
by strainer on Saturday November 09, 2019 @09:09PM
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If nuclear plants really do generate at about 2 cents per kWh, how come the most established and respected power industry pricing analysis finds that it costs over six times that - between 12 cents and 19 cents per kWh ?[1]
Where does the 2 cents figure come from? - A website commissioned explicitly to promote nuclear power industry. Have some discernment, please.
[1] https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-...
Re:German solar and wind are triple the cost of French nucle...
by lispm on Sunday November 10, 2019 @01:41AM
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> French electricity costs are just 59% of German electricity prices
what now, costs or prices? These things are hard to compare: what is the actual energy bill of a household? A typical German household will consume less electricity and have a higher income.
China's more recent nuclear construction was also cited. $150 billion for 300 TWh per year.
80% of the world's new nuclear reactors are being built in China, India, Russia and South Korea. Those are coming in at a price of $2000-3000 per KW. A gigawatt nuclear reactor at $2-3 billion each built in 4-6 years. A gigawatt nuclear reactor can generate 8 Terawatt hours per year.
https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/economic-a...
A fully amortized nuclear power plant generates power at about 2 cents per kwh. http://www.world-nuclear.org/uploadedFiles/org/info/pdf/Econ...
Germany, between 2006 and 2017, increased the cost of electricity for households by 50%. (per OECD)
http://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/pubs/2019/7299-system-costs.pdf
French electricity costs are just 59% of German electricity prices. France produces one-tenth the carbon pollution from electricity compared to Germany.