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By the end of next year - there will be greater than 1 terawatt of solar module manufacturing capacity. Far more than any other energy source ever, including accounting for capacity factor. (pv-magazine-usa.com)

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[–] BastingChemina 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not both ?

I don't think I've seen any long term scenario with only nuclear and no solar energy.

On the other hand adding a bit of nuclear in the mix can really help to reduce the amount of solar panel needed.

The simulation done for France show that 13% of nuclear in the grid can roughly divide by almost two the amount of solar, batteries and thermal power station needed compared to a 100% renewables energies simulation.

https://rte-futursenergetiques2050.com/panorama/scenarios

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The amount of Batterie and Solar between M0 (100% renewable) and M23 (87 % renewable and 13 % nuclear with a Fokus on solar over Wind) is almost the same tough.

Where do you see a dividig by two?

[–] BastingChemina 2 points 1 year ago

M0 uses 26GW of batteries and 208GW of solar panels.

M23 uses 13GW of batteries and 125GW of solar panels.