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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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[–] blimpkun@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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/