this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024
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The hippy-dippy looney lefty guys from Lazard investment bank come to the conclusion that wind plus storage at its most expensive is still considerably cheaper than nuclear at its cheapest.

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[–] Antitoxic9087@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

just a reminder if they put the orange diamonds for wind and solar it would probably lie somewhere near zero $/MWh

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What do the diamonds represent? I'm not used to reading this sort of plot.

[–] Antitoxic9087@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

its the marginal cost of running existing plants, mainly from fuel cost.