Baseload Power Myth

myth : Only nuclear can provide the continuous baseload needed because renewables are too intermittent.

Mythbuster:- Nuclear reactors spend on average more than 30% of their designated working life (DWL) offline, mostly because of safety problems. This is more than even wind or solar and in larger chunks at a time. The only way nuclear can provide continuous baseload is by having a number of reactors, at different locations for safety. Renewables, with a variety of technologies and locations is potentially able to better nuclear for continuous baseload provision.

Energy Storage Moves Wind to Baseload Power
June 20, 2013 
http://cf.ly/1XSh

Why baseload power is doomed
By Chris Nelder
March 28, 2012
http://cf.ly/1XSp

Can renewables provide baseload power?
http://cf.ly/1XSr

The Myth of Intermittent Renewable Electricity
3/25/2011
http://cf.ly/1XSv

Renewable energy can provide baseload power – here’s how
7/21/2011
http://cf.ly/1XSx

The Base Load Fallacy
and other Fallacies disseminated by Renewable Energy Deniers
Dr Mark Diesendorf
Energy Science Coalition
http://adf.ly/QsdKt
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In a renewable world, baseload generation is redundant
By Giles Parkinson on 29 March 2012
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/in-a-renewable-world-baseload-generation-is-redundant-21817

The end of baseload? It may come sooner than you think
By Giles Parkinson on 20 February 2012
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/the-end-of-baseload-it-may-come-sooner-than-you-think-29425

The Myth of “Baseload” Power
February 28, 2012 
By Tyson Cook, Staff Scientist
http://blog.cleanwisconsin.org/index.php/2012/02/28/the-myth-of-baseload-power

U.S. Department Of Energy 
The 7 Solar Myths
http://www.siboinc.com/7_solar_myths.htm

The Myths of Solar Electricity
9/10/2009
http://www.applied-solar.info/solar-power/the-myths-of-solar-electricity/