▲ | nilslindemann 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Whatever. No one wants to invest into it anyway. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | m101 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Well yeah, if you regulate it so it's costly the no one will invest... Unless you deregulated it? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | preisschild 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
LCOE does not account for the full (system) costs. Nuclear power plants have capacity factors over 90%, while PV/Wind have less than 25%. LCOE does not account for the added costs, such as increased transmission and storage/backup costs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | seanalltogether 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I wonder what this chart would look like if wind and solar were required to provide storage in order to handle 24/7 delivery |