AEMO boss says nuclear too slow to replace coal, and confirms that “notion of baseload” will not compete with grid powered by cheaper renewables.

The head of the Australian energy market operator AEMO, Daniel Westerman, has rejected nuclear power as a way to replace Australia’s ageing coal-fired power stations, arguing that it is too slow and too expensive. In addition, baseload power sources are not competitive in a grid dominated by wind and solar energy anyway.

  • @[email protected]
    0•5 months ago

    What happens in case of a sudden abnormal weather event that blocks out most of the sunlight

    The neighbor has sun then. Buy it there. Or store the power.

    Always the same old platitudes.