I like nuclear and all, but I don’t think nuclear can fill the same spot as peaker plants. Nuclear usually fills the base load needs on the grid. I don’t believe there’s nuclear with ramp rates capable of competing with a peaking gas turbine.
Energy storage does fill this gap usually. My ideal grid would be a semi-flexible nuclear baseload (+ some ancillary services), renewable “mid-load,” and energy storage peaking (+frequency response, etc.).
that is what im describing. im saying turn old peakers into base stations. use batteries as the new peak power stations. batteries can then be charged with renewables, the batteries can also take up excess power from base stations as they cant immediately downshift production.
I like nuclear and all, but I don’t think nuclear can fill the same spot as peaker plants. Nuclear usually fills the base load needs on the grid. I don’t believe there’s nuclear with ramp rates capable of competing with a peaking gas turbine.
Energy storage does fill this gap usually. My ideal grid would be a semi-flexible nuclear baseload (+ some ancillary services), renewable “mid-load,” and energy storage peaking (+frequency response, etc.).
that is what im describing. im saying turn old peakers into base stations. use batteries as the new peak power stations. batteries can then be charged with renewables, the batteries can also take up excess power from base stations as they cant immediately downshift production.