Renewables remain at half the cost of nuclear: CSIRO


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Renewables continue to be the cheapest new-build electricity-generating technology, while nuclear power is around twice as expensive and has “no unique cost advantages” from its long operational life, despite the claims of nuclear power advocates.

This is according to the CSIRO, which on Monday released the draft of its new GenCost report, an annual forecast of the electricity generation costs used by policy makers and infrastructure investors.

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