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Re:The duck in the room – the end of baseload by guerby on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:45AM (#36310165)
Since nuclear fuel cost is very low and maintenance/lifetime is time based nuclear kWh price will be scaled by inverse of load factor.

So if for example 66% of the time solar+wind+hydro+misc provides enough and nuclear is not needed, nuclear kWh will be triple the price (estimated with historical load factors).

Already at play in Finland a few weeks after the nuclear power plant has been turned on it had to scale back its production to "not loose money":

https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Finnis...

What will happen in a decade with more and more solar and wind?

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Re:The duck in the room – the end of baseload by ftth_finland on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:13PM (#36313390)
Hopefully the antiquated must take rules for variable renewables will be replaced with must take rules for non-fossile deterministic power generation.
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