Japan costing for new electricity plants (2021) 1

[GregLocock]

I don't know their methodology, but this is what METI have come up with for Japan 131 Yen to the USD, cost in Y per kWh

nuclear 11.5
LNG 10.7
Onshore wind 19.8
solar 12.9


Which is interesting to say the least. All of these numbers are rather high in Australian terms, so one might hope they are realistic. I'm having a dig around for the report itself






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[GregLocock]

Which is somewhat different to the above, nukes still cheaper than renewables once you put integration costs in


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[TugboatEng]

If we're worried about cobalt for batteries, imagine the amount of molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, and chromium that are going to be required to build seawater resistant infrastructure of any type. I left out copper and titanium because we have completely forgotten about their utility for some reason.

 

[hokie66]

You have to feel sorry for Japan. Their economy has been in recession for most of the last 30 years. And their best efforts at reforming their power generation systems have faced unexpected barriers. Earthquakes, Fukushima, et al, have decimated the nuclear industry. They went into solar in a big way, but that required a lot of land, good agricultural land. But they can't feed their population domestically, so have to import much of their food supply. Still, they soldier own. Oil and coal from the Middle East, and coal and LNG from Australia. Not much chance of Japan meeting any sort of reduction targets in fossil fuel usage in the short term.

 

[GregLocock]

They're also a bit stymied for windpower - the best sites are on top of mountains and they are surrounded by deep water. Hence the official enthusiasm for green hydrogen.

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[rb1957]

ok, not well suited for wind or solar ... how about thermal ? both hot (volcanic) and cold (deep ocean) natural sources ?

One way to build confidence in nuke would be to have the "elite" "upper class" move to the nuke neighbourhood ! like the cabinet and the top 100 CEOs

"Hoffen wir mal, dass alles gut geht !"
General Paulus, Nov 1942, outside Stalingrad after the launch of Operation Uranus.