The hidden cost of solar and wind
“Hidden” Cost of Renewables and the Need for Nuclear
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The “Hidden” Cost of Renewables and the Need for Nuclear
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory concluded in 2020:
The costs (or need) to develop a system that can reliably operate under near zero-inertia conditions has yet to be analyzed in detail, particularly in comparison to maintaining the current synchronous-based system with sufficient modification to accommodate very high levels of VG [variable generation] penetration.
