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> Like Germany: coal and the energy provided by the rest of the EU.

So, from actual non-intermittent sources like checks notes nuclear?

No, nuclear is terrible for covering seasonality, since unless it's used with high capacity factor the cost per kWh skyrockets.

> No, nuclear is terrible for covering seasonality,

wat

How is nuclear bad at covering the seasonality of, for example, winter in the Nordics?

It's best for covering a constant demand, not a seasonal component of demand.

If renewables grow to the point where there is no remaining near-constant unmet demand, nuclear has no place at all.

No, it's ok if you schedule maintenance during summer. And with more AC adoption you'll partially reduce this heavy swing. Nuclear at 60%cf is still economical. The problem arises if your plant takes 20y and 20bn to build

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