Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly
by pfdietz on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @07:31AM
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Europe has like 100x the salt cavern capacity needed. Hydrogen can also be stored in deep aquifers or hard rock caverns.
Using the 2030 data is proper, since any nuclear reactor we begin to build today won't be available until about then (which renewable and storage systems can be built in just a couple of years.)
Some of their cost figures are already too high, btw. Their 2030 estimate for the cost of electrolysers was 600 euro/kW; it's already down to half that (or even less, in China).
Right now I don't think people are pragmatic enough for that to be politically viable in most western countries, but that may shift as the adverse effects of AGW start to be more acutely felt (and, hopefully, as more and stricter carbon taxes are implemented across the world).