In many regions solar capacity factor is much higher than 20%; for example, the entire US. https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2021/utility-scale_pv

Ok let’s compare real data then. Vogtle 3&4 are the latest nuclear plants to be completed in the US. They cost over 30 billion dollars for a capacity of 2.106GW. That’s >14.2 dollars/watt. Let’s be generous and assume nuclear has a 100% capacity factor (it doesn’t).

I can’t find real numbers for Moss Landing specifically, but NREL has data on BESS costs up to 10 hr storage at $4.2/watt. Let’s ignore that no grid in the country actually needs 10hr storage yet.

Utility scale solar has well known costs of ~1 dollar/watt. Let’s assume a capacity factor of 25%, so for equivalent total energy generation we are looking at $4.

$4 for solar, $4.2 for BESS, and since you’ll complain about not having 24hr baseline let’s add another equivalent 10hr storage system at $4.2. that’s a total of $12.4, compared to Vogtle’s $14.2.

Add in that the solar plus BESS would be built in 1-2 years, while Vogtle took well over a decade.

Also consider that BESS systems have additional value in providing peaking ability and frequency regulation, among other benefits.

Also consider that PV and batteries have always gotten cheaper over time, while nuclear has always gotten more expensive.

Funny how solar, wind, and batteries are way cheaper and faster to build yet people are still talking about nuclear.

I’m kind of a fan of government doing the right thing regardless of the (high) chance of someone else coming in and shitting all over it.

Of course most don’t actually even believe it, that’s just the pitch to get that VC juice. It’s basically fraud all the way down.

Solar panels are incredibly thin and light. There is no reason not to include them.

Ahh Reggie, I hear yer quite the man aboot toon

Nobody gives a flying fuck about campaign finance laws with this supreme court.

Whole milk also often called “Vitamin D Milk”

How can you guys get any work done around the house if you’re constantly swapping shoes?

LLMs: using statistics to generate reasonable-sounding wrong answers from bad data.

Dude literally bought Kleenex and insists you call it facial tissue paper.

Solar panels don’t use any “rare metals.” Solar carport projects simply cost 3-4x more on a per watt basis than large “green field” ground mount projects. This is due to the increased structural, permitting, and install costs. Carports also cannot track the sun, which reduces their output by about 20%.

I’m literally 100% the opposite. Give me some morels, porcini, lions mane… anything but shiitake.

Zee was zee long before posh English twats decided to say zed.

Source: my ass

People have a hard-on about nuclear being “baseload” power and renewables being intermittent. Solar/wind plus batteries to add dispatchability is a valid comparison to nuclear if you only want to talk about baseload.

This is due to corporate greed. Solar and wind are the cheapest sources of energy in the history of the world.

Even current lithium-based battery storage is already cheaper than nuclear.

Hydro is often turned on and off as pumped storage. Nuclear never is

Out of those you listed, nuclear is the least flexible in terms of output regulation. PV with batteries is the most flexible.