Australia approves 17-20GW solar power link to Singapore

Re:Australia approves 17-20GW solar power link to Singapore by BLKNSLVR on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:00AM (#41310385)

My understanding is that I the time it takes to build a nuclear power plant, a helluva lotta solar power generation can be built and up and running and generating power.

And in that time span as well, solar power will increase its efficiency.

And then batteries, to store and deliver that power outside of generation hours, are a parallel to that.

If a nuclear power plant could be built quickly and simply, the equation would be different.

Unfortunately, from the limited amount that I've read, nuclear power plant projects often run over time and over budget, exacerbating the time scale issue I described above.

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Re:Australia approves 17-20GW solar power link to Singapore by numpad0 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:33PM (#41316257)

I don't think that's actually true. US Navy and their contracting shipyards had consistently built nuclear subs in 3 year strides for decades. One set of fuel lasts is good for 1/5th century, after that the sub needs to be cut up and refueled. It's not something that take years after years of permitting and change of plans and suspected acts of arson of unknown motivation if it's literally operated by US Army or Navy(but not NASA).

Solar power is just amateures littering compared to that.

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