• dgmib@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    No.

    MW is the maximum capacity not the average.

    A nuclear reactor runs at close to its maximum output pretty much 24/7/365.

    A solar farm only operates during the day, and even then it only operates at maximum output in the middle of a clear sunny day.

    The overall average output of a nuclear plant is typically around 90% of its capacity.

    The overall average output of solar farm is 20-25%.

    This massive farm will still only output a bit more electricity than what a single nuclear reactor outputs.

    A nuclear power station typically has more than one reactor, so compared to a typical nuclear power station this isn’t even close to the average nuclear plant.

    Though it does beat a few of the smallest nuclear plants that only have a single reactor.

    Nuclear outputs a fuck-ton of electricity for its size.