Is it more expensive than storage? My understanding was that nuclear was cheaper long-term, but I honestly don’t know. I think we need both, but I could be convinced that nuclear is obsolete with some real-life numbers.
It’s not, to provide 2 weeks of storage (a reasonable amount to cover a period of no wind in winter) for the UK would cost about 2,000 Billion USD at current Li-ion prices.
Intermittent renewables are great as a component of energy generation but storage costs become prohibitive as you get to large fractions of intermittent power generation.
Is it more expensive than storage? My understanding was that nuclear was cheaper long-term, but I honestly don’t know. I think we need both, but I could be convinced that nuclear is obsolete with some real-life numbers.
It’s not, to provide 2 weeks of storage (a reasonable amount to cover a period of no wind in winter) for the UK would cost about 2,000 Billion USD at current Li-ion prices.
Intermittent renewables are great as a component of energy generation but storage costs become prohibitive as you get to large fractions of intermittent power generation.