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0 pointsmytailorisrich2y ago0 comments

It's less of a problem than not having electricity because there's no wind or it's night.

And with EVs the demand is going to massively increase.

It's good to have as much renewables as possible but it's also very needed and useful to have Hinkley C.

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Utility scale battery storage is already here which solves that issue. The price of renewables + storage is cheaper (there have been PPAs in the 8-12 cent range).

Also electric cars are not the demand generators that people think. I live in the New England region and our NE ISO has studied this and put out their forecast for the region already. Heat pumps are a much bigger issue.

https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2023/04/trans...

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