The head of the Australian energy market operator AEMO, Daniel Westerman, has rejected nuclear power as a way to replace Australia’s ageing coal-fired power stations, arguing that it is too slow and too expensive. In addition, baseload power sources are not competitive in a grid dominated by wind and solar energy anyway.
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Context is everyting. Here’s some cold hard facts for you:
As of 00:00 on 19/07/2024:
| Country | From | % | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | Finland | 37% | 358 |
| Latvia | Estonia | 33% | 325 |
| Lithuania | Sweden | 40% | 733 |
% being the overall percentage of electricity consumption.
So >1GW imported from SE/FI out of ~4GW total in the Baltics is imported from countries with 40-50% nuclear baseload.
source https://electricitymaps.com/
