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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by evilos on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @11:49PM (#29171194)
Those sound like cost savers, not the mass storage solution that is needed. I haven't done the math but I bet you're missing about an order of magnitude of storage needed to make intermittent power sources sufficient to power the grid by themselves.
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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by WalterBright on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @02:08PM (#29179026)
> by themselves

Even if it is only 10%, that's 10% less grid storage batteries needed.

Ya know, car engine efficiency has improved dramatically over the last 50 years. Each specific improvement was small - but the aggregate adds up.

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