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by pfdietz 39 days ago
No, nuclear is terrible for covering seasonality, since unless it's used with high capacity factor the cost per kWh skyrockets.
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Moldoteck 39 days ago
No, it's ok if you schedule maintenance during summer. And with more AC adoption you'll partially reduce this heavy swing. Nuclear at 60%cf is still economical. The problem arises if your plant takes 20y and 20bn to build
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troupo 39 days ago
> No, nuclear is terrible for covering seasonality,

wat

How is nuclear bad at covering the seasonality of, for example, winter in the Nordics?

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pfdietz 38 days ago
It's best for covering a constant demand, not a seasonal component of demand.

If renewables grow to the point where there is no remaining near-constant unmet demand, nuclear has no place at all.

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