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Re:Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time sinc... by Teever on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:55PM (#30834177)
Throw the excess power into on demand carbon negative activities and call it a day.
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Re:Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time sinc... by p1mrx on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:18PM (#30834435)
That only helps if your desalinator/electrolyzer/etc. has a low enough capital cost to let it sit idle most of the time.
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Re:Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time sinc... by Bud on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:26PM (#30834533)
The word "throw" is doing a lot of work in this sentence, since said throwing is both complex and expensive.
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Re:Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time sinc... by Retric on Monday March 28, 2022 @07:25PM (#30836832)
Finding something to use the power flexibly isn’t enough, they need to be willing to pay several times more than Solar for it or you aren’t fully offsetting costs.
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