The Unfashionable Friend of Green Energy
Now, why the sudden interest? Well, the world has painted itself into a bit of a corner. We’re all meant to be racing towards a net-zero future, powered by the clean, green energy of wind and solar. And they are fantastic, of course. But what happens when the wind takes a holiday and the sun decides to sleep in? The grid still needs power, a steady, reliable hum of electricity they call ‘baseload’.
This is where nuclear power, for all its baggage, saunters back into the room. It produces zero carbon emissions during operation and it runs 24/7, whatever the weather. It’s the dependable, slightly boring friend you call when your exciting, but flaky, renewable pals don’t show up. As we lean more on intermittent renewables, the need for that reliability only grows.