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		evandijk70 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK's first small nuclear power station to be built... Because there is little solar in the 3 winter months, so you would need a lot more storage for solar then for nuclear.

pfdietz 24 days ago [–]

What is needed is an alternative storage that minimizes capex, even if that means operating at lower round trip efficiency. Hydrogen or ultra low capex thermal storage.

I'll point to Standard Thermal again here.

https://www.orcasciences.com/articles/standard-thermal

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