Growing worldwide energy demand and other factors have shifted the calculus, but hurdles still lie ahead.
  • @Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
    17•5 hours ago

    I can set up 20 GW of solar panels to match the capacity of a 4 GW nuclear power plant. And I can set up 20 GW of PV in a year. China installs about 30 GW of solar capacity in a quarter.

    It takes about 8-10 years to build a nuclear power plant. In 8 years, I could have installed the equivalent of 8 nuclear power plants using Solar PV that it would take me to build one nuclear power plant.

    • Xavienth
      1•2 hours ago

      But then you don’t have power at night. Cost comparisons of renewables vs nuclear very often neglect storage. It is not a trivial cost. Nuclear doesn’t perfectly match demand either, but it can provide a baseload.

      It’s not renewables or nuclear, it’s renewables and nuclear.