The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua
Think of how many renewables they could have made for all the monies wasted on this.
Infinite money does not lead to infinite scale in zero time. China's nuclear industry is robust and growing, as is their solar and wind industry. Money can't be wasted if you're already tapped out on growth in other avenues.
This year, China deployed more solar panels than the entirety of all solar panels in the US.
If I am not mistaken this is the 'pebble bed' reactor. Nice to see it finally make it out of testing phase.
article says they're SMRs which i don't know another example of them ever being deployed commercially. this is also pretty neat
Industry needs high density power. Which renewables cannot provide.
Houses: renewables
Businesses: renewables
Industrial and (some) data centers: nuclear
Otherwise it's going to be: renewables and coal or gas. Those last two are terrible so go nuclear!
A nice summary: https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/the-iron-law-of-power-density-part