Price of solar dropped 89% in ten years

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Price of solar dropped 89% in ten years - Feddit

Solar now being the cheapest energy source made its rounds on Lemmy some weeks ago, if I remember correctly. I just found this graphic and felt it was worth sharing independently. Source: https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth [https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth]

Pretty clearly shows why there’s no future for nuclear power.

Even for filling gaps in renewables, peaker plants are getting cheaper and don’t take 15 years to build.

I think that’s too simplistic of a view. Part of the high cost of nuclear is because of the somewhat niche use. As with everything, economies of scale makes things cheaper. Supporting one nuclear plant with specialized labor, parts, fuel, etc is much more expensive then supporting 100 plants, per Watt.

I can’t say more plants would drastically reduce costs. But it would definitely help.

America’s nuclear power revival arrives—7 years late and $17 billion over budget

They’re the first U.S. reactors built from scratch in decades — and maybe the most expensive power plant ever.

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Of course It is, the incompetent and ignorant people that try to hinder it’s use is the problem
The nuclear industry is 100% responsible for the operational record of the nuclear industry.