• @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    because nuclear power plants are very slow to regulate, which you need to be able to do in a power grid.

    • @[email protected]
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      -21 year ago

      Uh… France has operated their plants in load-following mode. It’s doable. Can’t control the weather though.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        even france barely uses the load-following mode on their power plants and instead use gas power plants because its increadibly un-economical. and yes you cant control the weather which is why renewables are more decentralized and widespread. its literally a non issue.

      • @schroedingershat
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        11 year ago

        Being able to pay even more than running at full power would cost to throw some energy away isn’t power regulation and doesn’t at all explain why france produces 10-20% of their electricity via dispatchable sources even on a warm summer night where demand is around half of their nuclear fleet’s alleged capacity.