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by el_benhameen
1064 days ago
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I am writing this from a naïve perspective, but isn’t nuclear more competitive when you factor the negative externalities that come with fossil-fuel generation sources? Wind/PV etc. are far cheaper, yes, but are also subject to more fluctuation in availability. Though I suppose PV/wind plus battery or geothermal take care of that concern. |
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The non-intermittents get to name their price. Except for nuclear, of course. EDF were forced to sell at 45 Euros / MWh when the market rate was over 600 last summer, because the private sector is more efficient, so can't be allowed to compete with reactors whose capital cost was paid 40 years ago by a government.
The whole European energy system is a fucking mess, trying to ignore this obvious fact that grids cannot be allowed to fail. Now, go to an manufacturing conference in Europe and the atmosphere is a fucking funeral. Try selling to customers when your plant produces half of what a US or China plant does, at irregular intervals, because it's at the mercy of metereologists. Go on. Try it.