3volver@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · 7 months agoYou can't claim to be an environmentalist and be anti-nuclear energy at the same timemessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareYou can't claim to be an environmentalist and be anti-nuclear energy at the same time3volver@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months ago This is not correct. It is, you just proved it yourself: “typical ramps are kept below 1.5%/min.” Compare that with batteries or pumped hydro.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoThat’s plenty fast enough for a power grid. 1.5% of 900MW is 13.5MW. That’s plenty of power output scaling per minute.
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoI think you’re getting peaker plants, e.g gas fired confused with load following. Nuclear plants are not used as peaker plants. you incorrectly stated that they are.
It is, you just proved it yourself:
“typical ramps are kept below 1.5%/min.”
Compare that with batteries or pumped hydro.
That’s plenty fast enough for a power grid.
1.5% of 900MW is 13.5MW. That’s plenty of power output scaling per minute.
I think you’re getting peaker plants, e.g gas fired confused with load following.
Nuclear plants are not used as peaker plants. you incorrectly stated that they are.