When I think of the time, money and institutional bandwidth dedicated to promoting this sunset technology in #wales - compared to renewables - it's maddening.
Hitachi to pull plug on north Wales #nuclear power station | Business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/15/hitachi-to-pull-plug-on-north-wales-nuclear-power-station
It's because any modern RE technology requires hundreds times more land than gas or nuclear (surface power density) so if you had a nuclear power plant that occupied say 1 km², replacing it by wind or PV means you suddenly need to occupy area of 70 km² to get the same nominal power.
There was recently a dispute in Kent precisely on that topic - is it really so "green" to occupy 400 ha of forest, moorlands and meadows with PV panels...
