Disclaimer: I am a nitpicker, so apologies for this.
I do believe the symbol of the watt should be capitalized: W. Also the SI prefix giga, G. So that would be kWh, GWh, etc.
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humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
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The only completed attempt in last 25 years in US (Vogtle), cost over $15/watt.
Turnkey (containers full of batteries) systems in China are under $100/kwh. A possible imported cost of $100/kwh.
5gw of solar and 19gwh batteries would have higher capacity factor than nuclear, use same transmission infrastructure size, and cost $7/watt. Where winter production is not enough to fill batteries, the batteries can still be charged by wind or peaker plants that can run a bit more efficiently for a continuous time over a day instead of in bursts.
victorz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
[deleted]Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn, if you call this constant, I’m scared to guess what do you mean by fluctuating researchgate.net/…/Hourly-production-and-hourly-a…
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TBF 90% of the cost of nuclear in the US is political resistance. Not engry meeting
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
100% of nuclear funding is political bribery. It is unbankable and uninsurable. Through bribery, cost+ funding can be obtained. More bribes = more covering of cost and time overruns.
If what you mean by “political resistance” is that bigger bribes are needed to overcome unpopularity, that is a tiny fraction of the bribery amount. Elected officials do blatantly destructive and unpopular acts all the time. The rate of approvals has little to do with project costs once approved.
passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Got any proof of big nuclear meddling
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Ohio corruption scandal was over nuclear industry bribes. All nuclear projects are publicly funded, and because they are categorically uneconomical, and delay any impact on global warming for 15 years, they are lobbied for by fossil fuel competitors. Boondoggles based on disinformation necessarily require political body to be corrupt and in on it, rather than just stupid.