I have received a chorus of complaints about the recent CO2 versus grid cost piece. For once, the uppity choir is on solid grounds. The key point that should-cost nuclear can protect us from our ignorance of the social cost of CO2 got lost in the lousy graphics and impenetrable wording. So I decided to try again. Apologies for redundantly cluttering your inbox.
Does it make sense to build battery storage for day/night load variance and ro reduce the number of NPPs but run the at higher utilisation?
Newer reactor designs (Terrapower, Westinghouse Lead breeder) include thermal storage and oversized turbines&generators for load following, this perhaps could remove the uptick in cost for very low CO2 emissions.
Does it make sense to build battery storage for day/night load variance and ro reduce the number of NPPs but run the at higher utilisation?
Newer reactor designs (Terrapower, Westinghouse Lead breeder) include thermal storage and oversized turbines&generators for load following, this perhaps could remove the uptick in cost for very low CO2 emissions.