Dave Marston: If small nuclear modules don’t fill the renewables gap, where else to find the “firm power” that experts say are needed?
The extreme danger to the grid is the dreaded “,” a German word for cloudy, windless weather that slashes solar and wind power generation for weeks.
This calls into question what many experts hope car batteries can provide — doing double duty by furnishing peak power for homes at night. Meanwhile, small nuclear reactors are underway, with Bill Gates’ TerraPower building a sodium-cooled fast reactor in the coal town of Kemmerer, Wyoming. One 345-megawatt reactor, which generates enough electricity for 400,000 homes, will be paired with a molten-salt, heat storage facility.
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