Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched

Re:Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched by hntrader on Thursday March 04, 2021 @03:49PM (#26348065)

"Batteries are easy to mass-produce."

There's people here saying the battery tech isn't ready yet for large scale grid storage of solar/wind. Is that untrue?

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Re:Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched by Hammershaft on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:11PM (#26348377)

Take a look at my reply to him to see some unfortunately grim stats on this issue. I would argue nuclear is currently our only choice.

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Re:Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched by jeffbee on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:09PM (#26348364)

California has 250MW of battery facilities online right now. If you can do 250MW, you can do 50GW. The CAISO roadmap for energy storage does not list any technological risks.

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Re:Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched by hntrader on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:37PM (#26348740)

Not saying it can't be done, but is it cheaper than nuclear?

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Re:Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched by drran on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:42PM (#26348803)

BTW, nuclear energy will be cheaper with massive power storage, because nuclear power can be accumulated at night then.

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