/sci/ - Science & Math

There is not a single number, there is a range. Many plants are getting really old now and this means raising maintenance costs. Raising fuel costs and safety is pushing costs further up lately.

>>11112353
>Solar in small quantity is extremely cheap. This does not scale well.

This is obviously nonsense. Utility scale solar is even cheaper then wind.

>>10957243
>is photovoltaic really more efficient

meanwhile photovoltaic is just cheaper, also power towers only work in very sunny regions, photovoltaic works almost everywhere

>>10509104
It does not matter what I think. it's over for atomic power for one simple reason. It's not economically viable. Solar, wind, natural gas is much cheaper.

>>10366780
Actually wind and solar are much cheaper then almost everything else. Only natural gas can compete.

>>10343197
The mayor advantage is economic.
Meanwhile it's much cheaper to build and run wind turbines and solar plants. Only gas can compete. And costs for wind and solar keep falling.
Wind and solar can also be build much faster.
It's more popular, this is really important if you actually want to build a plant somewhere.
You don't need fuel. This is a huge advantage if you need to power isolated places like remote islands.

>>10327372
Because almost everything else is cheaper. Also everything else is safer and more popular. Simple as that.

>>10308146
meanwhile wind and solar are out-competing fossil fuels almost everywhere

>>10308702
>We already have solar that is very cheap. Only thing we are missing is better batteries. Hell of a lot easier to make better batteries than a fusion reactor.

exactly, that's why fusion, fission, even coal is dead

>>10170791
French plants are in retirement age. The US is also moving away from coal and atomic power.
Almost every nation does the same. There is a simple reason wind and solar can be build faster and much cheaper. Also wind and solar energy is much more popular.

>>10150792
you have to pay to install panels, but it might save you money on the long run