• Kissaki@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    Incredibly expensive (estimated 11 billion €) and years delayed (18 year construction; testing began in 2021). Yet brings down electricity prices by 75 %.

    How does that make sense? It can’t make economic sense to the constructor and operator.

    Maybe you could say French companies and citizens essentially subsidized Finland through contracted building at a huge loss?

    Now that it’s built better operate it and gain something out of it?

    Ref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olkiluoto_Nuclear_Power_Plant#Unit_3

    • suoko@feddit.itOP
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      2 years ago

      Its LCOE would probably let us forget it forever. Just think about this: I bet you hear more rumors about non-existant fusion nuclear plants than about olkilioto. Let’s focus on renewables.