Very interesting and I guess the debate will come down to the cost of new nuclear vs the cost of storage and the tech to handle intermittent energy generation from renewables.
Luckily we (world) is investing in solar, wind and storage so costs are coming down and production scaling up. If only we’d do the same for nuclear - which is much more expensive today (outside Korea and China) than it was 50 years ago!
The real world results of France (nuclear) vs Germany’s renewable transition and the realised cost and carbon intensity of the grid are pretty clear. Here’s a good summary:
Very well written. However there is one important aspect / angle that is missing: the geopolitical value of nuclear fission. The west, and especially Europe, needs traditional nuclear also for geopolitical reasons. The French know this very well.
That is very true. I wanted to stay narrowly within environmental concerns in this post, but the geopolitical aspect permeates many, many decisions about energy.
Very interesting and I guess the debate will come down to the cost of new nuclear vs the cost of storage and the tech to handle intermittent energy generation from renewables.
Luckily we (world) is investing in solar, wind and storage so costs are coming down and production scaling up. If only we’d do the same for nuclear - which is much more expensive today (outside Korea and China) than it was 50 years ago!
The real world results of France (nuclear) vs Germany’s renewable transition and the realised cost and carbon intensity of the grid are pretty clear. Here’s a good summary:
https://medium.com/@tgof137/france-and-germany-real-world-comparison-of-nuclear-vs-solar-and-wind-1a32b40788a4
Humanity is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by not taking full advantage of nuclear power.
Very well written. However there is one important aspect / angle that is missing: the geopolitical value of nuclear fission. The west, and especially Europe, needs traditional nuclear also for geopolitical reasons. The French know this very well.
That is very true. I wanted to stay narrowly within environmental concerns in this post, but the geopolitical aspect permeates many, many decisions about energy.