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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

No, nuclear is always more expensive in real world conditions. Places with mostly renewables plus in-fill from batteries and transient gas generation are a lot cheaper than nuclear. eg. South Australia.

[–] JohnDClay -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

But transient gas generation produces much more ghgs than nuclear, and when accounting for the ghg potential of metanen and normal pipeline leakage, it is even more damaging than coal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Except overprovisioning your total load by 30% with nuclear capacity doesn't allow turning the transient gas off

https://energy-charts.info/charts/energy/chart.htm?l=en&c=FR&chartColumnSorting=default&stacking=stacked_percent

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's required less and less as other forms of generation are added to the mix. eg. Tidal and pumped hydro.