Nuclear vs Renewables

Amory Lovins: A kilowatt of nuclear power capacity produces several times

the annual output of a kilowatt of solar or wind capacity, but at many
times higher cost per kilowatt-hour. Capital markets therefore shun nuclear
investments but invest one or two orders of magnitude more in solar and
windpower. Those renewables therefore add two orders of magnitude more net
capacity per year than nuclear, which remains a less-than-one-percent
contributor to global electricity growth—a trivial term but a huge
distraction. Capturing most major countries’ policy and media through a
skillful PR campaign conjuring a “nuclear renaissance” is no substitute
for marketplace success. China met its 2030 solar-and-windpower goal six
years early, India five years early. The world added more renewable
capacity in the first half of 2025 than it had added total nuclear capacity
over decades. Batteries just got so cheap that three-fourths of India’s
firm capacity additions are in the form of solar plus batteries.

 Bulletin of Atomic Scientist 25th March 2026 

 https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/essay-about-nuclear-energy-versus-renewables-omits-crucial-fundamentals/