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Re:Denmark: 1,000 Megawatts Of Offshore Wind, And No Signs o... by tome on Sunday April 14, 2013 @05:46PM (#5548464)
Indeed, or more revealingly, it will be insured implicitly by the government. But governments know this.
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Re:Denmark: 1,000 Megawatts Of Offshore Wind, And No Signs o... by arbitrarywords on Sunday April 14, 2013 @06:22PM (#5548613)
Yeh, this is the thing I always find a bit suspicious about nuclear power. If noone is prepared to price the risk (and can also realistically pay out on a claim) then how can you ever come up with a $/KW price for comparison?
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Re:Denmark: 1,000 Megawatts Of Offshore Wind, And No Signs o... by jeltz on Sunday April 14, 2013 @06:49PM (#5548734)
Same thing for hydroelectric plants. If we look at historical disasters hydro power has caused way more damage.
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