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Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by Manuel_D on Thursday November 16, 2023 @06:06PM (#38296945)
Nuclear produces more electricity than wind and solar combined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_generation

I do agree wind and solar are cheaper presently. But this is primarily because they're being deployed in the context of supplementing a fossil-fuel backed grid. Provisioning more wind and solar starts becoming much dicier when you start saturating the grid during hours of peak production. In theory, negative electricity prices will prompt people to provision storage and capture the free (cheaper than free!) energy. But in practice, energy storage at grid scale is expensive and there are much better uses for batteries - chiefly in electric vehicles.

Nuclear, on the other hand, is one of the few carbon-free energy sources that is non-intermittent. The only others are geographically limited: hydropower and geothermal power.

Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by danhor on Thursday November 16, 2023 @07:10PM (#38297491)
Interestingly enough the source for the first graph in the article shows the opposite: https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/electricity/ele...

Even more staggering is that from 2020 to 2021 solar+wind grew by ~15%.

Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by jes5199 on Thursday November 16, 2023 @08:17PM (#38298014)
battery production will keep increasing, and eventually the EV-battery market will be saturated

recycled EV batteries could be a major source for cheap grid battery storage

Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by zeroonetwothree on Thursday November 16, 2023 @09:10PM (#38298437)
Currently only 1% of vehicles are electric. So it’s going to be a while.
Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by actionfromafar on Friday November 17, 2023 @12:30PM (#38306838)
Given how often I see the EVs though, it seems EVs must be more in active use.
Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by lossolo on Friday November 17, 2023 @05:47PM (#38311654)
Given how often I see supercars in Monaco, it seems they must be more in active use.
Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by actionfromafar on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:55PM (#38312526)
Obviously. In Monaco.
Re:Sweden Gov Announces 'Massive Expansion' of Nuclear Energy by natmaka on Saturday November 18, 2023 @12:09AM (#38315557)
> Nuclear produces more electricity than wind and solar combined

It isn't about "nuclear and (wind+solar)" but about "nuclear and renewables": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38301796

> energy storage at grid scale is expensive and there are much better uses for batteries - chiefly in electric vehicles

Those are composable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-to-grid