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Re:Spain has become one of Europe’s cheapest power markets by crote on Sunday May 10, 2026 @05:11PM (#48088087)
Wait, so not giving unprofitable power plants subsidies to keep operating at a loss is "anti-nuclear"?

And sure, it is a Really Good Idea to contract additional intertia to keep the grid stable. But why shouldn't that be done on the open market? Why pay a fortune for spinning a reactor's turbine at idle load when running a gas peaker plant's turbine at idle works just as well for a fraction of the price?

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Re:Spain has become one of Europe’s cheapest power markets by alecco on Sunday May 10, 2026 @07:06PM (#48089070)
You can run nuclear (or gas or whatever) at a minimum to keep the network stable. Read my comments. Solar and wind are very unstable and unless you have the latest generation hardware (costing hundreds of millions) you need some stable source.
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