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Comment by novariation

That's a great catch ! Thanks for this. For anyone wondering, 25 years is pretty common as a baseline for PV [1] but a good amount of them should be able to go for longer, say at least 30 years. As a comparison, the average nuclear power plant in France is 37 years old, and the french authority considers obvious a 50 year life expectancy, and 60 is being floated [2], but no idea where they got 80 from probably from the US extensions being floated [3] — 92% capacity factor are official measurements though, it's not unrealistic [4]

[1] : https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/how-to-make-s...

[2] : https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profil...

[3]: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=228&t=3#:~:text=Be....

[4]: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/what-generation-capacity#....

parent novariation 2 years ago

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