Show threadbs2Nov 11, 2023
> Nuclear power is losing ground to renewables in terms of both cost and capacity as it[']s.. less economical and slower to reverse carbon emissions
> Over the past decade, the #WNISR estimates levelized costs - which compare the total lifetime cost of building and running a plant to lifetime output - for utility-scale solar have dropped by 88% and for wind by 69%.
> For nuclear.. [#LevelizedCosts ] have increased by 23%..
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-nuclearpower/nuclear-energy-too-slow-too-expensive-to-save-climate-report-idUSKBN1W909J
#NuclearEnergy #NuclearCosts #NuclearSlow
Nuclear energy too slow, too expensive to save climate: report

Nuclear power is losing ground to renewables in terms of both cost and capacity as its reactors are increasingly seen as less economical and slower to reverse carbon emissions, an industry report said.

Reuters
bs2Nov 11, 2023

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> Over the past decade, the WNISR estimates levelized costs - which compare the total lifetime cost of building and running a plant to lifetime output - for utility-scale solar have dropped by 88% and for wind by 69%.

> For nuclear, they [#LevelizedCosts ] have increased by 23%, it said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-nuclearpower/nuclear-energy-too-slow-too-expensive-to-save-climate-report-idUSKBN1W909J
#NuclearEnergy #NuclearCosts #NuclearSlow
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Nuclear energy too slow, too expensive to save climate: report

Nuclear power is losing ground to renewables in terms of both cost and capacity as its reactors are increasingly seen as less economical and slower to reverse carbon emissions, an industry report said.

Reuters
Show threadAdam BurckJan 5, 2023
@carolynporco I did start out by saying set the #waste issue aside, though since you mentioned it, there is ZERO recycling of spent #nuclearfuel in the US, but 70 storage sites. Moving on, the Lazard analysis of #levelizedcosts shows #wind and #solar are both cheaper. So again I ask, when will a #nuclear plant be built in the US. If you dispute Lazard, please provide a link to your report.