$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: GE Hitachi Executive

Re:$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: G... by KptMarchewa on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:01AM (#35440765)

In practice, this site shows you need to have ability to fulfill pretty much 100% of your demand via gas alone: https://i.imgur.com/TKGbsHK.png

There's zero chance, just politically, that anyone in this country will agree on additional gas dependency. Does this "cheapest option" actually includes cost of 30GW gas plants anyway?

Anyway I don't see any actual numbers on this page so it's hard for me to treat this seriously. "Cost comparison" only talks about whether "could POLAND run by only building new solar, wind and batteries?" which is very not interesting to me compared to having 30-50% of nuclear generation.

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Re:$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: G... by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:37PM (#35442322)

Its not a gas dependency. It's synthesised within your own borders from the overprovisioned solar and wind.

The model has several conservative assumptions that mean no power is imported as fuel or via cross border wires.

Thats fine, its just a model, the main point is that even with those constraints, renewables can provide 92% of power directly, and provide the power to meet the other 8% too. In Poland! (many other countries are more blessed with renewables).

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