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New 700MW nuclear plant in Gujarat, India, begins running at full capacity (www.power-technology.com)

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NPCI is building two 700MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR), including Units 3 and 4 at Kakrapar, where there are two 220MW power plants. Officials say that in July, the fourth unit recorded 97.56% progress.

Wonder why they're building these instead of thermal coal plants

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Distributing solar cells and batteries in rural areas would probably be cheaper and help more people.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

From a guy that installed a 5kw system on my house in Mexico, Solar non base load systems are so inconsistent that they are a poor choice if you want to really help people. You need base load power generation otherwise you will have very unstable power grids.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

It took India 16 years from planning to operation. So it will not only be cheaper, but a lot faster as well.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

India is building a ton of solar as well.