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Re:14-Year-Old Casper Wind Farm Has Not Turned a Blade in at... by Jach on Thursday November 21, 2024 @03:40PM (#42208414)
The next best time is today. Fortunately for Wyoming, a new nuclear plant started construction just this year. Kemmerer isn't that far from Casper. https://energycommunities.gov/terrapower-nuclear-plant/
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Re:14-Year-Old Casper Wind Farm Has Not Turned a Blade in at... by itishappy on Thursday November 21, 2024 @04:46PM (#42209012)
$4 billion for 500MW, or $8 per watt. That's 2-4x the cost per watt of solar.

That's not as bad as I expected, and probably looks even better when you factor in the difference in uptime (e.g. including storage into the cost of solar).

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Re:14-Year-Old Casper Wind Farm Has Not Turned a Blade in at... by Izkata on Thursday November 21, 2024 @11:43PM (#42211264)
With or without subsidies?

I have no numbers but I've heard lots of times that "green" energy like wind and solar get a lot, and nuclear not so much.

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Re:14-Year-Old Casper Wind Farm Has Not Turned a Blade in at... by itishappy on Friday November 22, 2024 @09:21AM (#42214031)
My numbers are price before subsidies.

The government is paying for 50% of the nuclear plant, and there's a 30% write-off on solar.

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