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Nuclear too slow to replace coal, and baseload “simply can’t compete” with wind and solar, AEMO boss says (reneweconomy.com.au)

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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.

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[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] shottymcb@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

Australia doesn't have neighbors...