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2026-08-04 10:53 UTC

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca If you honestly apply these criteria to e. g. batteries, and put it into relation to energy output, then batteries are a non-starter much earlier than nuclear power plants.

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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca 2026-08-04 11:25

@Ardubal@mastodon.xyz you’ll need to provide some backup for that statement. 1) how many years to design, commission and build, a new nuclear plant versus battery installation? Nuclear: 10-20yrs at best. Renewable/Battery: under 10, often under 5 because most of the components are pre built and only need a suitable spot on the ground. 2) how many litres of water per day is used to cool a 1GW battery and solar installation per year versus nuclear? How much is lost and how much is pumped through, warmed, and returned to the source. Nuclear: generally 1000-2000 of litres per MWh produced. (Source: Stanford http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/styles2/) A 6GW Nuclear plant produces about 45,000MWh a year (Bruce Power, Ontario Canada) So that’s 45-90 Million litres a year. Solar: none. Wind: none. Battery: depending on design and location, anywhere from none to something less than nuclear. (See Australia, nighttime provides natural cooling since the batteries generate most of their waste heat when receiving energy in the day.) this includes at the GW national scale such is now the case in Australia. https://www.synergy.net.au/Our-energy/SynergyRED/Large-Scale-Battery-Energy-Storage-Systems/Kwinana-Battery-Energy-Storage-System-1

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