Comment on 24/7 solar towers could double energy output

Nacktmull@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It uses a ton of material to power 73 homes annually, works best in a desert but requires a lot of water. Yeah, nuclear energy is really threatened by that. Modern microreactors in development make, for example, 1.5 MWe at let’s say 90% capacity factor. Assuming about 1000 kWh/no for a house, that microreactor, which can fit on the back of a semi truck, can power 985 homes anually.

  Yeah, I will stick with nuclear, thanks.

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  • Nacktmull@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are technology (reactor) demonstrations planned within the next 2-3 years, so not quite but very close. A lot of active R&D work going on right now for specific designs at a lot of companies.

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      • Nacktmull@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So you admit they do not exist?

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  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You realize that the thing you’re describing doesn’t actually exist and likely never will, right?

    Pro-nuclear folks are so weird.

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  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nuclear energy isn't threatened by this. It's threatened by the fact that it's impossible to build one at a profit.

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    • CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s why factory fabricated microreactors are such a cool concept!

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      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And by the time that concept becomes reality we'll either be running 100% renewable energy or dead from climate change

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      • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The cost of electricity from those is even more expensive than from conventional nuclear.

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