Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors
by mlyle on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:33PM
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If we're arguing that axis, I'd say we're arguing about the costs of storage, including end of life costs. And I do not feel like they are well understood: especially the costs and problems of recycling lots of lithium batteries at scale.
If there are no other(clean) options having equivalent characteristics (consistent base load, scalability, location etc) to augment solar/wind etc ( whose costs are very well understood now including end of life costs) , then we are not choosing because it is cheaper, we are doing it because there is no choice.
[1] All plants will have some cost deviations, but nuclear has much higher both time and cost deviation from plan estimates.