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olauyesterday at 7:20 PM1 replyview on HN

Source please? The numbers I have seen of real opex paint a different picture. In general, nuclear plants close because of cost.


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laurenceroweyesterday at 9:38 PM

Googling I see numbers like $11/MWh for onshore wind [1] and $5-$10/MWh for solar [2] while nuclear is around $25/MWh [3].

[1] https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/benchmarking-wind-power-ope...

[2] https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/benchmarking-utility-scale-...

[3] https://www.nei.org/getContentAsset/47fa8caa-9b0d-4029-932c-...

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