First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation

Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by mlindner on Friday December 29, 2023 @08:24AM (#38804607)

> Look at the price of a powerwall. That's for the energy needs of a residential home. What happens to your AWS bill if us-east-1 was to buy a powerwall? Let alone steel, chemical, paper, mineral processing industries. What would happen to our economy if capacity for every one of those was cut by 1/3rd (or more depending on local climate)? Never mind your power bill.

Using powerwall as the price of stationary battery storage is like using the running cost of gas/petrol household generators as the cost of generating power at fossil fueled power plants. Powerwalls is not how industrial battery storage is done anywhere on the planet.

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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by pydry on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:34AM (#38805316)

If they used snowy 2 instead of a powerwall the comparison would look way too favorable and it would invert the point.

Powerwalls are expensive even by battery standards.

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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by mlindner on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:54AM (#38805583)

> Powerwalls are expensive even by battery standards.

Well of course. Look at the cost of a home generator unit versus how much power it generates.

The more apt battery comparison would be something like megapacks, and megapacks bought in bulk.

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