Re:Nuclear technology’s role in the world’s energy supply is...
by sir_bearington on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @05:13PM
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"Accept brownouts" really just means "keep using fossil fuels" people don't accept brownouts, they buy generators. At this point, it's better to just keep burning natural gas since combined cycle plants are 1.5-2x more efficient than diesel generators.
Hydroelectric is geographically limited, you can just build dams where people need additional power.
That leaves nuclear. And since nuclear costs just as much to run 100% of the time as it does to run part of the time it makes no sense to use it as a peaker. Just run it 24/7, and install less intermittent sources.
Hydroelectric is geographically limited, you can just build dams where people need additional power.
That leaves nuclear. And since nuclear costs just as much to run 100% of the time as it does to run part of the time it makes no sense to use it as a peaker. Just run it 24/7, and install less intermittent sources.