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Re:New nuclear plant at Sizewell set for green light by read_if_gay_ on Saturday October 31, 2020 @06:19AM (#24950239)
It'd be especially interesting to see how expensive renewables plus storage end up being, relative to nuclear.
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Re:New nuclear plant at Sizewell set for green light by pfdietz on Saturday October 31, 2020 @08:30AM (#24950872)
Any NPP started today will not be online until 2030 or later, so one should compare with renewable/storage projections of cost, not current costs. The renewable and storage systems can be brought online much faster than NPPs.

Using 2030 projections, nuclear loses.

https://model.energy/

(and that model doesn't take into account addressing intermittency with transmission or dispatchable demand, such as end-user thermal storage.)

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