Re:Bill Gates' nuclear venture plans reactor to complement s...
by epistasis on Friday August 28, 2020 @05:11PM
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If Terrapower can hit those costs, it would be completely revolutionary for nuclear. It's a huuuuuge change from current costs.
Meanwhile off shore wind (which is typically steadier than onshore), continues to fall In cost at a fairly quick pace.
There's a recent Dogger Bank contract for 3.6GW at $9B [1], which is about $2500/kW compared to $5200kW for the Walney project you link, and $2900 for Terrapower's plans. Of course, a wind kW of capacity is not equivalent to a kW of nuclear, but with another 10 years of development I wonder just how cheap offshore wind will be if in 5-10 years it has already fallen by 50% in cost.
Meanwhile off shore wind (which is typically steadier than onshore), continues to fall In cost at a fairly quick pace.
There's a recent Dogger Bank contract for 3.6GW at $9B [1], which is about $2500/kW compared to $5200kW for the Walney project you link, and $2900 for Terrapower's plans. Of course, a wind kW of capacity is not equivalent to a kW of nuclear, but with another 10 years of development I wonder just how cheap offshore wind will be if in 5-10 years it has already fallen by 50% in cost.
[1] https://www.renewablesnow.com/news/sse-equinor-eye-fid-for-3...