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Groups fighting nuclear energy and advocating industrial wind and solar are not environmentalists!
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Groups fighting nuclear energy and advocating industrial wind and solar are not environmentalists!

ByRod Adams

…t contributor to carbon emissions? The hydro plant was designed to provide load leveling, balancing, black start, and operational reserve capability (and to complement the integration of nuclear plants planned for Wales and being utilized on a cost effective basis as baseload plants). Many of the Magnox reactors in the UK aged faster than expected. They were no longer safe to operate, and as you suggest were not economical to repair, and now they…

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New York’s environment progressed one step forward

ByRod Adams

…by their proportional share of the New York retail electricity market. Two load serving entities, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) are not within the jurisdiction of the New York State Department of Public Service, but they have agreed to voluntarily participate in the program. Initially, the ZECs will be priced at $17.48 per MWh. When combined with the wholesale price of electricity — currently about…

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John Rowe wants everyone (else) to buy natural gas

ByRod Adams

…owing control of the prime mover to reside with the dispatcher, and allows load following and peaking generation with the reactor running at 100%. May get the best of every world, problem is the larger capital investment. Cal Abel I hate to quote Star Trek, but I will… “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” Sad I know. Not so concerned about the lack of heat in the winter as I am the loss of highly reliable low cost energy on Germany’s economic e…

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Nuclear plant output in China poised for rapid increases in 2018-2020

ByRod Adams

…d of 2019. Sanmen 1 received its fuel loading permit on April 25 and began loading fuel on the same day. The second plant in the series, Haiyang 1 started loading fuel on June 21. If it follows the same schedule as the lead unit, it should achieve initial criticality in early August and connect to the grid by the end of August. The other two units are approximately 6 months behind the lead units. When Taishan 1 construction started in 2009, it was…

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Vermont Yankee power output has been replaced by natural gas

ByRod Adams

…odic manner. The first thing you do is try to smooth out the variations by loading and unloading some of the variable producers, keeping an eye on total load and keeping a reasonable margin from dispatchable sources and the variability of the intermittent generators, never crossing the line between available capacity and load rejection. As the storm front becomes more organized the SHTF in that you know now you have to throw in the towel on both t…

Texas Nuclear Plants Working As Hard As Possible During Cold Spell

ByRod Adams

…allow more efficient grid operations provided the focus is to maintain baseload output not use smart grid enhancements as an exuse to elminate baseload sources. And we need to remove old coal or other GHG emitting plants. But does that mean we need to change the grid architecture and force people to accept changes to their lives because of fundamentally weak generation sources? I say no. We just need to replace like for like. A thousand MW EL @Bil…

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Dr. Eugene Preston explains why 100% renewable energy is unlikely to the point of impossibility

ByRod Adams

…n costs.’ The capacity of a distribution network is determined by the peak load. When the peak load is for summer air conditioning, that can overlap with peak rooftop PV output, but the ac load usually continues on into the evening, while PV drops to nothing. So unless those with rooftop solar want to invest in battery storage as well, they’ll need just as much capital and maintenance on their power lines as their neighbours do. If the power compa…

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Open letter to antinuclear groups claiming to be “environmental”

ByGuest Author

…do you propose to generate the rest?” Many power plants will provide a baseload amount and swing upwards to a peak value as load increases. Nuke plants haven’t typically done that in the past, but are capable of it. This would provide a one stop shop providing the power needs of the customer. As far as generating the rest, Another alternative I’d like to see more money spent on pumped hydro. This would enable the dream of intermittent power source…

Are Diablo Canyon Employees Being Sold Down The River?
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Are Diablo Canyon Employees Being Sold Down The River?

ByRod Adams

…ough politics, not science) requires X amount of renewables, which require load-following backup – what I call “training wheels.” So in PG&E’s view, Diablo has to be replaced with gas to comply with the mandate. BUT – they also admit that they need baseload, and are retaining long-term coal contracts for same. Which begs the question: If they need baseload, and they need to decarbonize, why not shut down the coal plants instead? This is the same d…

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Distressingly elitist view from two “sustainability consultants”

ByRod Adams

…Lynas, NNadir — and you. Now, if I can only remember that it’s “lock and load“, not “load and lock” … Brian Mays Dogmug – Don’t take it personally. Sometimes comments get caught by the “spam” catcher for unknown reasons. As I write this, I have a comment stuck there. It looks like Rod needs to clean out the “spam” bin, which must be a Sisyphean chore. Rod Adams @Brian I suspect that there are other blogs that use the same spam filter tool used…

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Bruce Power – Unique public-private-trade union partnership to enhance and restore assets

ByRod Adams

…ancing costs), what’s the cost of operating a plant on a more flexible and load following basis, or advanced Gen IV reactors (including costs for development of new fuel cycles). Is nuclear even trying to compete with natural gas, or is it just holding it’s own and protecting it’s existing market share in a rapidly changing and shifting energy marketplace (and with a big ask from governments and consumers in the process)? ZachF The Hanul NPP in Ko…

Greenpeace Press Release About Gorleben Natural Gas Risk Was Just a Part of Theater Preparations for Annual Waste Shipment Carnival

ByRod Adams

…y as just one of the German reactors will burn approximately 100 train car loads of coal each day and produce 10-30 train car loads of ash depending on the source of the coal. For a variety of reasons, groups like Greenpeace have used the occasion of the annual waste shipments as an excuse to hold a 950 mile long carnival of protests. I remain convinced that a major motivation for the people that supply the funds for this party is that they want t…

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