| ▲ | throw0101d 3 days ago | |
> This gets repeated again and again, but wouldn't the money required to build/maintain nuclear plants be much better invested in building out renewables and battery storage? Recent report on restarting German nuclear: > The easiest group of reactors to restart could produce electricity at an average of €37 per megawatt-hour before the end of 2031.The most difficult restarts could produce electricity at roughly €58 per megawatt-hour by the mid 2030s. * https://www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/restarting-german... * PDF: https://www.radiantenergygroup.com/_files/ugd/ae75b7_bc5db59... | ||
| ▲ | belorn 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
That seems very cheap if it means you don't need to build new transmission. The average cost in south of Sweden is much higher than that, which in euro would be around €100 per megawatt-hour. Prices are also expected to further increase as EU has issued regulations that customers should subsidize regions of poor transmission, in order to enable construction of more wind and solar farms where no such transmission exist. | ||
| ▲ | OKRainbowKid 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Okay, and how does compare to other options? And do you have sources without an obvious conflict of interest? | ||