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In reply to the discussion: Nuclear renaissance? US OKs new reactor design [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Though, I agree, a 3 year shutdown is unlikely for that sort of infrastructure.
Shepard Flats will run about 850wm, but being on-shore, easy to connect to the grid in many locations. Offshore wind farms will typically have fewer tie-ins, if we ever get around to building any at all..
Geysers Geothermal is running at about 750mw
SEGS is the largest concentrating solar plant for now, at 350mw.
These are not trivial numbers. The disparity between the potential downtimes of these various systems is heavily weighted toward nuclear, for long-term outages, or even never even returning to service. But on the 'loss' of a large block of generating capacity, the gap is narrowing significantly, and will continue to do so. There's nothing wrong with that at all.