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Tesla battery just added another nail to the nuclear coffin

Why Tesla’s Powerwall Might Mean The End Of Fukushima-Style Catastrophe http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2015/05/12/why-teslas-powerwall-might-mean-the-end-of-fukushima-style-catastrophe/ 

Did the Tesla Home Battery just kill nuclear power? Mike Barnard, Energy guy

  Not really, as far as I can tell. It added another nail to the coffin perhaps………
No, what’s killing nuclear is cheap wind and solar at utility scales. Storage is a useful and necessary component of a decarbonized grid, but history teaches us that overbuilding capacity and continental interconnectedness is cheaper. Overbuilding of wind and solar and connecting countries together with big pipes is killing nuclear. Storage is more an end game.

Nuclear has been in decline since 2005 in both relative and absolute terms because it’s expensive, fiscal liability costs are high and every build is a megaproject with high risks of schedule and budget overruns.

I’m very happy that Tesla has come into this space, but it’s a minor wedge, not a killer wedge.

May 15, 2015 - Posted by | general

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