Hugohase@kbin.socialtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Ireland: Wind generation exceeds demand for electricity for the first time ever
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1 year agoActually, they just can’t be ramped, neither fast nor slow. What is done is just wasting part of the (heat)-energy that is produced. If you want to utilize NPPs you need storage, just like with renewables but more expensive to build.
I guess i’d rather have them waste their money on low CO2 nuclear than on coal. But in reality, I would like them to not waste their money (and time) and build renewables.