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.

  • blimpkun
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    4 months ago

    Context is everyting. Here’s some cold hard facts for you:

    As of 00:00 on 19/07/2024:

    Country From % MW
    Estonia Finland 37% 358
    Latvia Estonia 33% 325
    Lithuania Sweden 40% 733

    % being the overall percentage of electricity consumption.

    So >1GW imported from SE/FI out of ~4GW total in the Baltics is imported from countries with 40-50% nuclear baseload.

    source https://electricitymaps.com/