NUCLEAR IS DEAD.
Yesterday, I read about Google planning to build 6 small modular nuclear reactors by 2030 to bring on 0.5 GW of energy.
According to Llama, the approximate number of nuclear reactors in the top 5 countries is:
United States: 93 operational reactors
France: 58 operational reactors
China: 53 operational reactors
Japan: 33 operational reactors
Russia: 32 operational reactors
Roughly, a nuclear reactor generates 1 GW of energy.
According to IRENA, last year, approximately 350 GW of solar capacity was added - more than all those reactors combined.
The equivalent of 350 nuclear power plants added in just one year.
I understand the arguments about needing baseload power, as opposed to solar's intermittent power; however, I have to think that given the magnitude of solar capacity being added and its exponential growth, even with outdated battery technology, solar will swamp nuclear.
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