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by Gwypaas 1001 days ago
> I'm not really clear what this means? All power plants require financing for their construction cost which is pretty definitionally the market cost of construction.

It is hard to finance a plant when you will on average sell the power at a loss. The money has to come from somewhere.

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The Polish wholesale power price is above even what nuclear power costs to deliver in higher-cost UK and US markets on an LCOE basis (not that LCOE is a great way of comparing power costs but there it is).
You have to differentiate between paid off nuclear plants nearing end of life and new built ones.

Take for example Hinkley Point C, that costs €0.15 per kWh for the consumers. How does that compare?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_powe...