Except the lack of greenhouse gas emissions, once up and running.
If we actually started developing them on any sort of scale most of those negatives you mention will be negated.
Flexibility, as in the inability to quickly ramp down, can be solved with storage or with generating hydrogen.
Europe really should be expanding it’s offshore wind resources faster.
But the demand for gas is only going to go one way.
We need more nuclear reactors
Far too expensive, far too inflexible, far too long to build.
They have no upsides on any metric.
Except the lack of greenhouse gas emissions, once up and running.
If we actually started developing them on any sort of scale most of those negatives you mention will be negated.
Flexibility, as in the inability to quickly ramp down, can be solved with storage or with generating hydrogen.
Please tell me which US companies you trust to not cut corners on construction and safety for profit
Sorry, I was replying to a comment about offshore wind in the EU.
Supposedly you’d set up some proper regulations, implement checks and balances but given the current US business and political climate; good question.