Comment on US slows plans to retire coal plants because of AI power usage
bobtimus_prime@feddit.org 1 month agoThis study says otherwise: www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0360544223015980
- We present a unique cost data set on 19 small modular reactors.
- Manufacturer cost estimates are mostly too optimistic compared to production theory.
- A Monte Carlo simulation shows that no concept is profitable or competitive.
- Median NPVs are negative ranging from 3 (HTR) to 293 (SFR) million USD/MWel.
- Median LCOEs start at 116 USD/MWh for HTRs and at 218 USD/MWh for PWRs.