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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by jorblumesea on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:14PM (#26175680)
Also fair to note that fossil fuel plants also froze and were unable to operate. It's not even a renewable or not question. It's just whether your grid has been properly hardened against the elements.
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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by cbmuser on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:18AM (#26176188)
Nuclear works under nearly all environmental conditions. Heck, we have nuclear powered energy sources in space.

Russia built a floating nuclear power plant in the remote city of Pevek in the polar circle where hardly any wind turbine or solar panel will be able to generate sufficient amounts of electricity.

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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by akvadrako on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:46AM (#26177897)
I didn't check but I did read somewhere that one nuclear plant also shutdown in texas because a sensor froze.

The issue isn't about the type of fuel, it's planning for cold weather events.

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