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Post by engineerpoet on Oct 1, 2019 12:01:09 GMT 9.5
What are the CCGTs going off-line? What's replacing them?
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 1, 2019 13:14:32 GMT 9.5
What are the CCGTs going off-line? What's replacing them? The units are along the coast; I don't recall the names. I gather that so-called efficiency suffices, except for the proposed Boulder dam pumping station.
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Post by engineerpoet on Oct 1, 2019 23:55:30 GMT 9.5
The units are along the coast; I don't recall the names. Ah, the once-through cooling prohibition. That was mostly aimed at Diablo Canyon, but forcing replacement of the CCGTs with OCGTs is also very profitable for the gas lobby.
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 2, 2019 7:06:05 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 3, 2019 17:54:13 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 4, 2019 8:06:56 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 4, 2019 16:51:07 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 7, 2019 11:49:35 GMT 9.5
The Biggest Hurdle In India's Nuclear Energy Push Ag Metal Miner 2019 Oct 05 Oilprice.com oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/The-Biggest-Hurdle-In-Indias-Nuclear-Energy-Push.htmlNobody wants the plant in their neighborhood. Nobody wants mining in their neighborhood. Yet somehow new coal-fired power stations are built and brought to completion; this is not explored in this article. But it does appear that nuclear power plants will remain rare in what will soon be the world's most populous country.
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 7, 2019 18:24:31 GMT 9.5
California invested heavily in solar power. Now there is so much that other states are sometimes paid to take it Ivan Penn 2017 Jun 22 Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/This well written and informative article goes on to explain about the turning off and non-replacement of gas turbines in southern California. This seems counter to my intuition but most encouraging.
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 10, 2019 11:08:49 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 11, 2019 11:50:51 GMT 9.5
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Post by engineerpoet on Oct 11, 2019 13:23:00 GMT 9.5
Seems too expensive to me. Of course it is. It's doing things the hard way, almost designed to keep fossil fuels as the default until they run out. So much easier and cheaper to replace 2/3 or more of FF with the same carbon-free electric power that's supposed to power the carbon reduction systems, but use it directly (through batteries) at several times the efficiency. If you replace 2/3 of fossil fuels with electricity, you have reduced your carbon requirements far enough that biomass can supply them all. That gets rid of the need to capture CO2, because it's not only captured but mostly reduced for you already. That slashes the energy requirements dramatically.
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 11, 2019 15:45:15 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 13, 2019 17:24:20 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 14, 2019 9:49:23 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 18, 2019 10:36:09 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 18, 2019 16:00:23 GMT 9.5
Research group suggests major changes for UK to reach net zero carbon by 2050 Bob Yirka 2019 Oct 17 Phys.org m.phys.org/news/2019-10-group-major-uk-net-carbon.htmlSurprise! Electricity production isn't even mentioned. Transportation, meat production and space heating are the big three, accounting for 85% of so-called carbon emissions.
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 25, 2019 9:11:01 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 26, 2019 11:52:23 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 27, 2019 8:44:12 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 27, 2019 8:49:30 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Oct 31, 2019 14:01:04 GMT 9.5
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Post by engineerpoet on Oct 31, 2019 18:05:42 GMT 9.5
No big deal. Selective radiation surfaces have been known for decades.
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Post by David B. Benson on Nov 2, 2019 13:45:11 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Nov 23, 2019 19:15:01 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Nov 27, 2019 16:31:39 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Dec 5, 2019 22:45:28 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Dec 6, 2019 13:15:33 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Dec 12, 2019 2:52:17 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Dec 18, 2019 11:39:18 GMT 9.5
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