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Re:The duck in the room – the end of baseload by throw0101b on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:36PM (#36312817)
> You need an energy storage solution for nuclear too, unless you want to heavily overbuild, which raises it from too expensive to stupid expensive.

Why do you energy storage for nuclear? As someone who lives in Ontario, Canada, where 8-9 GW of nuclear power chugs along continuously:

* https://www.ieso.ca/en/Power-Data

I'm not sure what needs to be stored. We just bring online hydro and gas as needed (along with having fluctuating wind).

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Re:The duck in the room – the end of baseload by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:04PM (#36313256)
Hydro and gas both involve storage (of water and methane), and both can be, and are, used with renewables and/or nuclear to fill gaps between supply and demand.
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