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kristopher

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3. Yes renewables are variable, but they don't drop 100% instantly...

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #1)

Tue May 9, 2017, 03:53 PM

May 2017

without warning, for months and even years at a time. Japan still has 51 reactors shut down more than 6 years after the disaster there.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/mar/14/nuclear-power-plant-accidents-list-rank#data

The industry is rife with reactors that have been offline for months and years at a time. But luckily for their stats, those extended shut downs and the sometimes decades long delays to complete initial construction are not considered in their load factor claims.

On the subject of renewables: https://www.rmi.org/insights/reports/economics-load-defection/

How are things going in Texas, Georgia and South Carolina?

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Nuclear power is unreliable [View all] kristopher May 2017 OP

Except compared to everything else of course FBaggins May 2017 #1

FWIW: A more recent, relevant publication OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #2

Yes renewables are variable, but they don't drop 100% instantly... kristopher May 2017 #3

where's NNadir when you need him? ccarrick May 2017 #4