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by OneDonOne 69 days ago
The LCOE may be triple, but the LFSCOE [0] (full system cost, not just cost of generation) however of solar, is triple that of nuclear in Texas, and 15x that in Germany. Notice that 1. Solar Irradiance per location is actually taken into consideration and 2. Renewables have not stopped the ongoing deindustrialization of Germany due to high energy costs.

[0] (PDF) https://iaee2021online.org/download/contribution/fullpaper/1...
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endymi0n 64 days ago
That benchmark is as outdated as completely unrealistic, as if invented by the oil/nuclear industry. Obviously 100% pure solar generation will be completely unfeasable in a place as Germany, but that completely misses the point that a realistic combo of solar/wind/biomass has a FAR higher combined capacity factor than solar alone.

Also, it's based on 2021 (or before) storage cost figures, which have halved in the meantime. https://assets.bbhub.io/professional/sites/44/LCOE-11.png

I call BS.

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