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New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power(www.pv-magazine.com)

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echo64@lemmy.world
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Great news if you want the free market to solve all the world’s problems.

I’m more into ensuring we have a diverse carbon free energy generation future, though, and nuclear is just able to solve the storage problem today, which makes it incredibly valuable to society.

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YerbaYerba@lemm.ee
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Are there any nuclear plants today that implement energy storage? I know molten salt reactors would be capable but none actually exist as far as I can find.

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NotSoCoolWhip@lemmy.world
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It’s not that they are used for storage, but are able to be ramped up or down to meet demand at will., eliminating the need for storage. Kind of like a tankless water heater

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Even with massive overprovision and the rest of europe the inflexibility and geographic concentration of nuclear makes it unable to beat solar + wind with mere minutes of storage in terms of grid penetration.

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