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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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[–] match@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you point to any nuclear plant in a Western country that was built in five years in the past thirty years or so?

what about the rogue boyscout one

[–] Five@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago

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