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by chickenbig 11mo ago
> The UK is aiming for around 27GW of battery storage by 2030. How many GWh? Citation please.
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by chickenbig 11mo ago
> If we had that, manufacturers and data centres would be able to move to places like this, or to scotland, and get almost free electricity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey_Aluminium used to be close to Wylfa
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by chickenbig 11mo ago
Please no more of Stop Sizewell C's Alison Downes a.k.a. (Moira) Alison Reynolds [0] & [1], who also happens to be one of the directors of the Greenpeace Environmental Trust [2]. > That’s why France had to raise the price becaus
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by chickenbig 11mo ago
> its going to take another decade (conservatively) to even build one of these modular reactors. So nuclear reactors can be built to supply the energy and power as the offshore wind farms get decommissioned. The rise and fall. > Anoth
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by chickenbig 11mo ago
Solar power doesn't work well in the UK in winter, with 1/3 of the energy output of summer months. Taking the limit of free solar power, what would the storage requirements look like for the UK?
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by chickenbig 11mo ago
Given UK wind capacity factors are not going to be as high as predicted [0], a lot more storage is required for the wind system so reducing its value. [0] https://chrisbond.substack.com/p/desnz-to-include-some-reali...
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by chickenbig 1y ago
I can't find the link, but I believe Westinghouse retained rights to the modifications made to create the CAP1400; https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/CAP1400-preliminary-... suggests Westinghouse had a hand i
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Brookfield, Cameco team with US Government for AP1000 deployment(world-nuclear-news.org)
4 points by chickenbig 1y ago|2 comments
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Orderbooks and Firm Pricing(thebreakthrough.org)
1 points by chickenbig 1y ago|0 comments
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by chickenbig 1y ago
It is a part 103 ultralight, according to Scott Manley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wncRFPd69rg?t=1110
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Why people want to put nuclear reactors on ships [video](youtube.com)
1 points by chickenbig 1y ago|0 comments
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by chickenbig 1y ago
> The extension of the German reactors was estimated at 3B+ if i remember correctly. And that does not include if any issues are found. https://www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/restarting-german... is for restarti
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by chickenbig 1y ago
Co-generating boilers have been tried before. It used a Stirling engine rather than a turbine, for 1kWe output. Whisper Tech (of New Zealand) provided the Stirling engine technology, and had their own line of CHP for marine applications. h
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by chickenbig 1y ago
> Those 3 plants had been running on "deferred maintenance" as the plant shutdown was planned years ago. They had > 95.4% unit capability factor in 2022 per https://pris.iaea.org/pris/WorldStatistics&#x2
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by chickenbig 1y ago
Nice link, shifts the perspective a bit. Guess it would be like living on a floating oil/gas platform.
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by chickenbig 1y ago
"Nuclear fuel will last us for 4 billion years" https://whatisnuclear.com/nuclear-sustainability.html
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by chickenbig 1y ago
Wind and solar require non-infinite resources too.
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by chickenbig 1y ago
> Not something I'd like the continued existence of New York City to rely upon. Was New York City really at risk? Citation needed.
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by chickenbig 1y ago
> Were you ever worried about not having enough coffee? Yet people are worried about delivery of oil and gas. The consequences of not having sufficient energy are more severe than a headache. I would not trivialise a life without electri
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by chickenbig 1y ago
> Germany has spent $700B on renewable energy and need 250GW of power. Germany has just over 250GW of installed capacity . [0] indicates peak power is 75GW. Replicating the Olkiluoto EPR build for 75GW of capacity would have cost perhap
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by chickenbig 1y ago
The original press release from HMG is https://www.gov.uk/government/news/groundbreaking-ukraine-te... .
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by chickenbig 1y ago
> c) The problem for nuclear power in AU is doubled because there is no local infrastructure or engineering or industry for the nuclear fuel cycle One might say this is an advantage, with no home industry asking for local supply chains t
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by chickenbig 1y ago
I think, using the same measure as the OP, this number should be even higher since a fair proportion of this water will have sat in dams.
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by chickenbig 1y ago
In steady state the power put into the chip is removed by the water (neglecting heat transfer away from the cooling system). The increased water temperature on entering into the cooling block is offset by a correspondingly higher chip tempe
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by chickenbig 1y ago
> What's the dog whistle? "Aren't technology companies terrible. They destroy the natural environment for their profit. Look at these large numbers out of context." > Most data centers (80% for Google) require pota
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by chickenbig 1y ago
> When I hear reports that AI power demand is overloading electricity infrastructure ... It feels like dog-whistle tactics. "Aren't the technology companies bad for the environment!" "What about the water usage?"
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by chickenbig 1y ago
Germany in H2 2024 was at €0.3943 per KWh including standing charges [0], so not quite the right number when evaluating whether balcony solar is worth it. [0] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/inde
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by chickenbig 1y ago
Oh, note that Intersect Power has a commercial relationship with Google. [0] https://blog.google/inside-google/infrastructure/new-approac...
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by chickenbig 1y ago
Indeed, the map is not the territory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reification_(fallacy) It is interesting that the complaint is that the model would not converge. Convergence might be a nice property to have or desir
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by chickenbig 1y ago
"The Darden project, which is owned by IP Darden I, LLC, a subsidiary of Intersect Power" [0] "Intersect has closed ~$6B in project financings and raised ~$2.1B in corporate equity to support the buildout of clean energy asse

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