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Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by dontwearitout on Thursday November 16, 2023 @05:56PM (#38296843)
I think the point being made is that without grid scale storage, wind and solar are not full solutions and not comparable to nuclear energy. Grid scale storage capacity will come, but it's not here yet.
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Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by Tade0 on Thursday November 16, 2023 @06:34PM (#38297194)
But we (well, some of us) have that. Norway has 87TWh of pumped hydro storage that discharges at a rate of 32GW - it would take 3,5 months to empty it completely.
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Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by photochemsyn on Thursday November 16, 2023 @06:01PM (#38296892)
Seems to be happening right now, at least a 150 MW storage grid is up in South Australia:

https://hornsdalepowerreserve.com.au/

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