Pairing Nuclear & Renewable Energy Systems in Japan - Dr Hossam Gaber
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- In this chat, I have a discussion with energy researcher Dr. Hossam Gaber at Ontariotech University. We talk about how hybrid nuclear & renewable systems present a unique opportunity for electricity grid's to reach netzero.
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That guest was VERY interesting, please have him on more times.
(Not just restricted to nuclear, but would be interesting to hear his points of view on - well - all his areas of expertise really)
Renewables require 100% backup and if that backup is nuclear, what's the point of the renewables in the first place?
Exactly ! Unnecessary Duplication of effort, Doubling-up will increase costs of energy flowing through to consumers bills, misallocation of capital by doubling up , waste of valuable land as renewables has huge environmental footprint, Marxist virtue signaling,
The grid needs baseload power, it is the backbone of the grid. It's an easy choice, either you choose nuclear or fossil fuels. One is GHG zero, whereas the other kills 8 million people per year
@@OsamaBaig How does this relate to my comment?
Assuming the quesiton as intended (since many non-intermittent renewables are very nice).
Matter of scale really, if a large enough grid (10+ large nuclear units) with a decent margin (2-4+ large units) constantly maintained then very little (excluding cases of if a notable load matches the intermittent source's quirks, or export, and some chemical/industrial processes). But if on a small grid (where imports is a concern as well) then it makes sense from point of view of the system and cost of imports.
Of course this all changes if there is enough available storage in the grid (but frankly, no place really have enough (the issue is time and not peak. A 1GWh battery or pumpted hydro is great if you have a 1GW demand for one hour, but if you have a 2 week dip in wind then that same 1GW would need 336GWh or storage (336h in a fortnight (this before we add the issue of charging))).
Have a bit of fun and try to design a cheap and reliable power system for (mainland) Denmark (relatively small country (landmass), with an annual electrical demand of about 30-35TWh per year. Power demand fluctuates between about 2700MWe and 5200MW (can be hours apart)) - situated right next to three countries (NOR/SWE/GER) that can easily export enough power to overload the grid most of the time.
@@Herr_U Simple and cheap to do. High-temperature/low-pressure reactor plants utilizing thermal storage can handle large load swings while running the reactor at an optimized rate. The key in high-temperature non-water reactors that can utilize cheap thermal storage. This is what TerraPower and Terrestrial Energy are developing, but any high-temp. reactor can do the same thing. There is no physical reason for these plants to cost more than a combined cycle gas plant.