Build times for energy solutions?24 Feb 2020 22:41
Hoping there are some in this forum who may be able to give some insight into the build time for the various different types of 'cleaner energy' solutions in relation to levels of power delivery, eg: clean coal, CCS, gas-to-power, hydro, renewables, battery storage and nuclear.
In my mind battery storage in conjunction with things like solar or wind power, must be quicker and cheaper to build than something like a coal/gas/nuclear station? Not just from the perspective of time spent engineering the blueprints through to fully built, but also the ability to easily scale thereafter.
This is something that I think would be front-of-mind for those doing the energy solution selection. There is now a real sense of urgency in the world around this, but this would be obviously offset by benefits of slower to realise options, which offer greater energy delivery in the long run (eg. nuclear). Obviously these all have different risk and green credential profiles.