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Anon questions our energy sector (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Yes you have to build for worst case. That's what I already said.

You are comparing overbuilt nuclear but acting like bess can't be over built too. That's why the cost of storage is the only important metric.

You need an absolute minimum of 2 nuclear reactors to be reliable (Belgium has 7). That doubles the cost of nuclear. But it doesn't matter because that's factored in when you look at levelized cost. You look at cost per MWhr. How reliability is achieved doesn't matter.

Bess is $200 per MWhr.