Doesn't matter at all. We don't pay by land used, we pay by total cost.
> it's stable power generation
True. That's why it makes sense to have for baseload (but is stupid to overbuild)
> it requires significantly less storage
Not really since no one would ever build a purely nuclear grid because it would cost way too much.
> it requires significantly less area to build
Again. Irrelevant
> the costs for renewables somehow never include the costs for the required overbuilding and the costs for required storage.
That's because the amount of overbuilding and storage needed depend strongly on a bunch of factors and aren't that useful.
Using https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/levelized-cost-of-e... as a source for LCOE numbers by power plant type (there may be a better one). Solar has LCOE of (very roughly) $70/MWH while nuclear has LCOE of roughly $175 if you ignore nuclear's decommissioning and operational costs (which are both significant and would almost certainly push the figure up to over $200).
This yields a pure nuclear grid cost of approximately $85B. Alternatively, you can overbuild solar and wind by 3x and have a couple days of storage (which is doable with hydro), and you come out ahead.
I never said or implied otherwise.
> Literally nothing can handle "millisecond spikes due to random chance".
Batteries can (see https://energytransition.org/2015/06/batteries-stabilize-the...)
> Of course they don't exist.
Wrong. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/australia-switches-on-victor...
> That is so easily available and easy to build just about anywhere, and on the required scale.
I know, right! It's so cool! https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/hydropower-program
> because you don't need to overbuild much).
Based on variation of demand, you need to overbuild any source by at least 50% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_of_the_Unit...
> it's the highest energy density we know
Doesn't matter at all. We don't pay by land used, we pay by total cost.
> it's stable power generation
True. That's why it makes sense to have for baseload (but is stupid to overbuild)
> it requires significantly less storage
Not really since no one would ever build a purely nuclear grid because it would cost way too much.
> it requires significantly less area to build
Again. Irrelevant
> the costs for renewables somehow never include the costs for the required overbuilding and the costs for required storage.
That's because the amount of overbuilding and storage needed depend strongly on a bunch of factors and aren't that useful.
Using https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/levelized-cost-of-e... as a source for LCOE numbers by power plant type (there may be a better one). Solar has LCOE of (very roughly) $70/MWH while nuclear has LCOE of roughly $175 if you ignore nuclear's decommissioning and operational costs (which are both significant and would almost certainly push the figure up to over $200).
This yields a pure nuclear grid cost of approximately $85B. Alternatively, you can overbuild solar and wind by 3x and have a couple days of storage (which is doable with hydro), and you come out ahead.