Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 06:10:00 JST Rocketman

   in reply to

   • Kees van der Leun

   @Sustainable2050 I think it's time we all recognized that the purpose of nuclear power plants isn't to generate energy.

   Their purpose is to build and retain in-country skills, knowledge and means for building nuclear weapons.

   Seen in that light, the seemingly irrational expenditures start to make sense.

   • Embed this notice
     Kees van der Leun (sustainable2050@mastodon.energy)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 06:10:01 JST Kees van der Leun

     If confirmed, this £40 billion price tag for a 3.2 GW power plant would amount to £12,500 per kW, i.e. €15,000 per kW, that's roughly the current estimate for Hinkley Point C too.
     https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/14/sizewell-c-cost-nuclear-power-plant-edf?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

     Minoru Saba repeated this.
   • Embed this notice
     David Hembrow (hembrow@todon.eu)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 20:00:13 JST David Hembrow

     in reply to

     • Kees van der Leun

     @Sustainable2050 The first solar panel that I found on Marktplaats this morning is a 440 W panel listed at €43.50. Retail price. £36 at today's exchange rate.

     That works out at €99 per kW for solar vs €15000 per kW for nuclear. A factor of 150. Ok, so there are some other things that you need to make a system, but putting up panels does not cost €14900 per panel...

     (And yes, you will want to install more panels to allow for dull days, might want battery storage etc etc, but none of it will make the price as high as nuclear power!)