Comment on Nuclear too slow to replace coal, and baseload “simply can’t compete” with wind and solar, AEMO boss says

• ticho@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  FWIW, Baltic countries are going hard for solar, see lemmy.world/post/17098210

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  • blimpkun@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Baltics powered by Finnish and Swedish nuclear.

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    • ticho@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, that’s a bald-faced lie. Maybe if we were only talking about Lithuania, which does import big chunk of its energy budget from Sweden, but Estonia and Latvia generate most of their energy on their own - and according to the linked article, plan to generate even more in near future.

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      • blimpkun@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Context is everyting. You said they’re going hard for solar, which is a bald faced lie!

        As of 00:00 on 19/07/2024:

        Country	From	%	MW
        Estonia	Finland	37%	358
        Latvia	Estonia	33%	325
        Lithuania	Sweden	40%	733

        So >1GW imported from SE/FI out of ~4GW total in the Baltics is imported from countries with 40-50% nuclear baseload.

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  • PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Everyone is or at least tries to portray they are. Your article could be written for almost any country in the world.

    But that doesn’t mean a country can be run on solar alone.

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    • kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Who is suggesting solar alone?

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      • PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Many people seem to think that’s the idea. I don’t know about you, but when you frame the discussion as solar vs nuclear, that is what you are suggesting.

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    • ticho@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, the article definitely could not be written for any country in the world, because it lists concrete actions, numbers for past few years, and concrete plans for next few years.

      But judging from your comments here and elsewhere in the thread, you do not care about discussion, and will move goalposts whenever it suits you. You are not a nice person. So, PLONK.

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      • PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not true. You don’t seem to know much about energy policies in EU.

        But well… Bye

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• Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why does eastern Europe get less sunlight?

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  • PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Less than Spain. There is a winter. Geography and suitable areas less common. Distribution network made for power plants.

    Nuclear plants can be a better cost effective fit.

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s like 3 am there

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