PES: ja bych to na velkou tlacenku nevidel
New research shows renewables are more profitable than nuclear power – pv magazine Internationalhttps://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/08/22/new-research-shows-renewables-are-more-profitable-than-nuclear-power/The researchers considered all planned nuclear capacities and said the increase in costs from the original project proposals is significant.
For example, they found that the delayed Flammanville project in France saw its budget increase from €3.3 billion ($3.6 billion) to €13.2 billion, noting that these figures don't even include the financing costs, which the French Court of Auditors estimated at €4.2 billion against an initial €1.2 billion.
Another example comes from Finland, where the Olkiluoto plant, which was originally planned to cost €3 billion, ended up costing around €11 billion. And this is nothing new. Already in 2014, a study on the comparative costs of electricity infrastructure found that 97% of the 180 nuclear reactor investment projects analyzed experienced cost overruns, with an average cost increase of 117% per project.
“Historically high default risk translates into higher interest rates,” the scientists emphasized. “These two factors make the profitability of nuclear projects highly dependent on financing conditions.”