Posted 4 years ago
Fusion is no biggy - the Yanks cracked that in 1952. Controlled (contained) fusion is a way off, yet. I'd rather not take the risk. There's a perfectly good - and really big - ongoing fusion reaction just one AU away that bathes the Earth in energy every day.Unfortunately the world doesn't have such a luxury and that 1 AU looses alot of energy.
More bad news for coal, especially in Victoria:Describing the brown crap burnt in Vic as coal is an insult to decent coal.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/apr/03/coal-fired-power-stations-caused-surge-in-airborne-mercury-pollution-study-finds
With regard to the SO2 and NOX emission issues quoted in the same article, this is not a coal problem, its a govt regulatory problem. Try building a coal fired power station in USA or EU without SO2 scrubbers and see how far you get!Germans are learning this right now, they started to shut down their flawless nuclear energy plants and now they're learning about SO2 and NOX in a big way.
Even older plants in many parts of US and EU have been upgraded to have such emission control equipment.Not in Poland! In a few months I am going there, it's a bit nerdy, but one of the things high on the itinerary is a visit to Lodz and their Belchatow power station, second largest fossil fuel thermal power station in the world just a bit less than 5500MW nameplate. She's BIG, beautiful, nice and very, very dirty!
There's currently about 2400 MW of wind generation approved but not yet built in Vic.One nameplate? No? By the way, I did a really quick and dirty calculation of our current wind production capacity factor, difficult to do because most farms don't state their horrendous figures, and because public data is not available for some farms, and I might not have found all the farms anyway. The figure I arrived at was just under 30%, 20% less that Liddell, and I think 7% less than Ivanpah which I previously labelled as woeful.
It's mainly the older wind farms that have poor capacity factor. Look at how good Coonooer Bridge and Kiata are performing:There's currently about 2400 MW of wind generation approved but not yet built in Vic.One nameplate? No? By the way, I did a really quick and dirty calculation of our current wind production capacity factor, difficult to do because most farms don't state their horrendous figures, and because public data is not available for some farms, and I might not have found all the farms anyway. The figure I arrived at was just under 30%, 20% less that Liddell, and I think 7% less than Ivanpah which I previously labelled as woeful.
Thanks, when I say EU I'm mostly refering to the western EU.With regard to the SO2 and NOX emission issues quoted in the same article, this is not a coal problem, its a govt regulatory problem. Try building a coal fired power station in USA or EU without SO2 scrubbers and see how far you get!Germans are learning this right now, they started to shut down their flawless nuclear energy plants and now they're learning about SO2 and NOX in a big way.Even older plants in many parts of US and EU have been upgraded to have such emission control equipment.Not in Poland! In a few months I am going there, it's a bit nerdy, but one of the things high on the itinerary is a visit to Lodz and their Belchatow power station, second largest fossil fuel thermal power station in the world just a bit less than 5500MW nameplate. She's BIG, beautiful, nice and very, very dirty!
Some of the new wind farms are approaching 50% capacity factor. About the same as some of the old coal plants like Liddell.The best locations in Australia is in low 40's and thats average with periods of 0% as well as 100%.
I'm frankly embarrassed by many of the conservative politicians in this country. I agree with them on many issues, but they're backing the wrong horse when it comes to energy generation...
The wind has completely died across southern Australia today and as a result the spot price of electricity has gone through the roof - especially here in SA ($98.00 per mw/h a few minutes ago).As I type this
interestingIt's mainly the older wind farms that have poor capacity factor. Look at how good Coonooer Bridge and Kiata are performing:There's currently about 2400 MW of wind generation approved but not yet built in Vic.One nameplate? No? By the way, I did a really quick and dirty calculation of our current wind production capacity factor, difficult to do because most farms don't state their horrendous figures, and because public data is not available for some farms, and I might not have found all the farms anyway. The figure I arrived at was just under 30%, 20% less that Liddell, and I think 7% less than Ivanpah which I previously labelled as woeful.
Drax Power Station is using imported wood pellets instead of domestic coal. The literature suggests that this may not be as good an idea as Drax's PR flacks suggest it is...its a sad day if Australia is importing fuel to make electricty!
Drax is in North Yorkshire UK.Drax Power Station is using imported wood pellets instead of domestic coal. The literature suggests that this may not be as good an idea as Drax's PR flacks suggest it is...its a sad day if Australia is importing fuel to make electricty!
Ok thanks, my bad!Drax is in North Yorkshire UK.Drax Power Station is using imported wood pellets instead of domestic coal. The literature suggests that this may not be as good an idea as Drax's PR flacks suggest it is...its a sad day if Australia is importing fuel to make electricty!
We're probably only inches from considering such lunacy in this country; why not just incinerate recycling that can't/won't be sorted any longer? I know its not that easy but surely worth considering given there's no market for some of it now; makes better sense than putting it into landfill.Ok thanks, my bad!Drax is in North Yorkshire UK.Drax Power Station is using imported wood pellets instead of domestic coal. The literature suggests that this may not be as good an idea as Drax's PR flacks suggest it is...its a sad day if Australia is importing fuel to make electricty!
We're probably only inches from considering such lunacy in this country; why not just incinerate recycling that can't/won't be sorted any longer? I know its not that easy but surely worth considering given there's no market for some of it now; makes better sense than putting it into landfill.Ok thanks, my bad!Drax is in North Yorkshire UK.Drax Power Station is using imported wood pellets instead of domestic coal. The literature suggests that this may not be as good an idea as Drax's PR flacks suggest it is...its a sad day if Australia is importing fuel to make electricty!
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