It seems misleading to me to cite research costs that include research for nuclear fusion but only discuss the use of nuclear fission.
However, it is undeniable that the current price of nuclear energy is much higher than for renewables (~2x).
It’s easy to deny it. It depends on how you measure the price. If you measure the average energy output of a solar cell, the average energy is cheaper. If you however measure the lowest energy output of the solar cell per year because you want to have energy 24/7/365 nuclear is cheaper.
People can drown in a river that’s 0.5 meters deep on average.
These include really large (clusters of) batteries or decentralized solutions where the energy is stored in a large fleet of electric cars.
You can use batteries like that for storing energy for a few hours or days and then release it. That approach doesn’t help you to use energy from the summer for the winter.
It seems misleading to me to cite research costs that include research for nuclear fusion but only discuss the use of nuclear fission.
It’s easy to deny it. It depends on how you measure the price. If you measure the average energy output of a solar cell, the average energy is cheaper. If you however measure the lowest energy output of the solar cell per year because you want to have energy 24/7/365 nuclear is cheaper.
People can drown in a river that’s 0.5 meters deep on average.
You can use batteries like that for storing energy for a few hours or days and then release it. That approach doesn’t help you to use energy from the summer for the winter.