Comments on Nuke Pro: Replacing Pilgrim Nuclear Plant with Solar PV is a No Brainer, Here Are The Facts

Sorry loose cannon, you are toast.

2015-07-08T09:48:27.631-07:00

Sorry loose cannon, you are toast.

I have been forced to remove troll comments Obviou...

2015-07-08T09:48:09.024-07:00

I have been forced to remove troll comments
Obvious pot shots without even reading the article
And insulting.

Another stoopid Microsoft Excel treatise. How much...

2015-07-08T07:54:17.628-07:00

Another stoopid Microsoft Excel treatise. How much real estate does the equiv. PV cost? Include capacity factor.

Indeed, you nailed it. I have seen this in Ha...

2015-06-28T07:43:41.775-07:00

Indeed, you nailed it. I have seen this in Hawaii, PV became so sucessful that the "dear leaders" realized they were losing one element of control over the populace.

These sociopaths wake up in the morning and think about how they can maintain control over the peoples.

TPTB don't like solar - it's distributed a...

2015-06-27T17:51:06.393-07:00

TPTB don't like solar - it's distributed and you can't use it for weapons.

It's not a technological problem, it's a political problem.

Thanks for the input, I did look at current and li...

2015-06-26T08:32:36.165-07:00

Thanks for the input, I did look at current and lifetime, and choose to use the lifetime. I guess one justification is that solar is only going to get better, just as nuclear "got better" at not shutting down.

One thing you should check in your calculations is...

2015-06-25T07:56:28.164-07:00

One thing you should check in your calculations is the lifetime average load factor. It is really not representative any longer, with industry average load factors up at 90%, including both Pilgrim and Indian Point, despite recent performance problems. You will still find that solar can replace nuclear generation cost-effectively at this point -- both in terms of total generation and derated capacity -- particularly when the merit order effect on market prices is factored in, bringing down average wholesale and peak electricity prices. However, a better way to look at it is including a mix of generation resources, including a combination of efficiency, wind, demand response, storage, etc., all of which (except storage at this point) are even cheaper than solar. Extending that out to a system-wide model, you would find that both fossil fuel and nuclear generation could be replaced with clean energy resources, cost-effectively.