Re:Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest
by GlennS on Sunday September 13, 2020 @08:06AM
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When the Hinkley project in the UK was originally planned it probably looked like a much better calculation.
Renewables were still expensive then.
Oil prices were heading over $100/barrel - with no reason to believe they would drop.
There was a lot of hope around the new generation of automatically safe reactors.
Hinkley was supposed to be the first in a chain of new reactors, with later reactors having decreasing costs due to economies of scale and learning.
Time passed, delays accumulated, the situation changed, and I guess they just refused to adapt to the new circumstances, because they'd already spend so much money?
Renewables were still expensive then.
Oil prices were heading over $100/barrel - with no reason to believe they would drop.
There was a lot of hope around the new generation of automatically safe reactors.
Hinkley was supposed to be the first in a chain of new reactors, with later reactors having decreasing costs due to economies of scale and learning.
Time passed, delays accumulated, the situation changed, and I guess they just refused to adapt to the new circumstances, because they'd already spend so much money?