With the ever-ongoing ‘progress’ of the proposed UK nuclear power plants, I wonder if this is the best course of action (not just in the UK, but across other nations also)?

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[–] 12 points 3 days ago* (3 children)

Both are needed for a healthy power structure.

Wind, solar even with batteries have low innertia (actually no innertia at all by themselves). If you want to resist turbulences on the power network without free innertia resistance by turbines (nuclear, gas, hydro), you need expensive equipment to generate that innertia other ways, and it can get quite expensive.

Hydro would be great but it's highly seasonal.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Hydro would be great but it’s highly seasonal.

    how is hydro seasonal? Even coldest Quebec uses hydro year around.

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