It's actually not that expensive over the long run, yes renewables are cheap initially but they need to be replaced, they need to be supplemented which all cost.
The LCOE model is supposed to "Levelize" the cost for comparison purposes, factoring in lifespan and fuel, maintenance, etc.
Exactly.
I would tell them not to worry. ANC top management will pay the Bill.
We very almost lost 1/7th of the land on earth for 1000s of years because of Chernobyl. This is why so many countries pulled out of nuclear.
Yeah 35 years ago and tech has changed a lot since then. Also almost lost isn't lost, still less people have died or environmental losses due to nuclear,compared to coal.
But the fact that systems fail is still with us today. Not comparing nuclear to coal both are bad and should have never been discovered, the world would have been a better place.
Nuclear tech has changed a lot to address safety - that's why its $$$$ expensive.
It really seems like reinvesting into these old tech coal plants is just pissing money away. If you look at what some of the local IPP and renewable projects put together with little money (in Medupi terms), renewables are a bargain (effectively in wind turbines R20m = 1MW) compared to running the coal plants. Nuclear is great too but I feel that would just get lost in hidden and secret deals as its really hard to quantify what this costs, and whenever this happens locally, its exploited. A wind farm is making a big order from Vestas and having it installed. Yes, I am oversimplifying, but it just seems like a lost cause to keep investing in these coal plants when the money could be better used elsewhere.
How many MW is all the pumped storage? Anyway, the same thing can happen if solar/wind is connected to the grid, and you don't have to build next to the pumped storage.
Thats what they also said when they built Chernobyl. And also they said Fukushima was completely 100% safe. Fukushima will poison the ocean for more than 1000 years. It was said that it was so safe that it is impossible to fail. Look at Koeberg, you can tell me one more time how safe nuclear is today, but then I have to tell you talk nonsense because Koeberg is a massive disaster waiting to happen. Nuclear safety have to take into account human factors. Please tell me again how safe nuclear is, in the hands of the ANC.
Yeah, 1 tsunami away from another Fukushima.
We don`t even need a tsunami for Koeberg to go boom, a tsunami will do the trick yes but the containment building is cracked. ANC will make it go boom, might not even need an earthquake for that, ANC can do the damage on its own.
see CSIR
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