I've read somewhere that the baseload thing is a myth and that solar+wind doesnt really need baseload power at all. Is this true?

I've also read that battery costs are already low enough for energy storage to not be a financial hurdle in full decarbonization. So if this is true, why do we even need nuclear?

  • 4_AOC_DMT [any]
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    4 years ago

    Solar doesn’t return a net energy gain.

    Relative to the energy expended to produce the infrastructure or something else?