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In Ontario, 6 successive government of all political stripes, one after another did nothing, leaving the grid burning coal and ng. Plants planned and canceled,
by bbarnett 5y ago
In Ontario, 6 successive government of all political stripes, one after another did nothing, leaving the grid burning coal and ng.
Plants planned and canceled, one mess up after another, again all political parties the same mess.
It is indeed easy, until it is time to execute. And it takes a decade at least, with zoning, environmental checks, just to get a plan planned and construction off the ground.
This means that everyone should already have new plants in the planning stages.
Not a report, but buying land, regulation hurdles, and when state owned, approved.
Does the UK already have 3 or 4 new plants in these initial stages?
And if so, how many may fall through?
- kieranmaine 5y agoThe UK has 5 wind farms under construction with a capacity of 5125 MW and 4 proposed wind farms with a capacity of 5454 MW (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_offshore_wind_farms_in_the_United_Kingdom#Wind_farms_under_construction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_offshore_wind_farms_in...). There has also been an increase in solar farm applications (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/28/solar-farm-proposals-for-east-of-england-more-than-double https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/28/solar-farm-...). On the flipside a number of UK nuclear plants are reaching EOL with only 1 currently under construction.
- bbarnett 5y agoI think a nuclear plant decommissioning was the start of Ontario's problems. I hope yours go better, but each government blamed the prior, yet helpfully fixed nothing. Democracy is the way to go, yet sucks for long term projects. Especially expensive ones. The currwnt government gets all the complaints (new taxes or debt), someone else gets the reward.