Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

Nigel Dyer wrote: > > I guess it will be different in other countries, for example countries > where this is less need for heating but more need for electricity for air > conditioning. > In the U.S. southeast, where winters are mild, heat pumps are increasingly popular. -

Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/06/03/this-is-the-biggest-news-in-electricity-since-the.aspx Tucson Electric signed a power purchase agreement last week for solar plus storage at a price of less than 4.5 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) over 20 years. That's less than half the price of retail

Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

I was basing my comment on the UK, where currently natural gas and petrol each represent more than twice the energy usage than electricity. See chart 1.04 in https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/573269/ECUK_November_2016.pdf It tends to be statements

RE: [Vo]:CNL seeks input on small modular reactor technology

Terry noted: “And it has soured the market on future sales by anyone.” WPPSS had the same cost overrun experience 35 years ago and cancelled 3 reactors. Big reactors and crummy top management are prone to create a disaster. The “Nuclear Village” in Japan is the latest example. China and

Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

Nigel Dyer wrote: Just considering electricity production and ignoring heating and > transportation is a very common way of misrepresenting how much progress we > are, or are not, making in reaching the point where we have a fully > sustainable set of energy sources That

Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

Just considering electricity production and ignoring heating and transportation is a very common way of misrepresenting how much progress we are, or are not, making in reaching the point where we have a fully sustainable set of energy sources Nigel On 03/06/2017 16:18, Jones Beene wrote:

Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

Jones Beene wrote: > Yes - Nuclear accounts for 20% of electric production, but almost zero > percent of the remainder of the total energy mix . . . > Exactly zero percent, unless you include nuclear powered aircraft carriers. > -- which includes energy for heat and

Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

Yes - Nuclear accounts for 20% of electric production, but almost zero percent of the remainder of the total energy mix -- which includes energy for heat and transportation, in addition to electricity. Thus, as stated, nuclear represents 10% of total energy Jed Rothwell wrote: Jones

Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

Jones Beene wrote: > > To put that optimistic factoid into proper perspective on a national > level, nuclear energy is still about 10% of the mix and that will not > change soon without a technological breakthrough. > Nuclear plants produce 20% of U.S. electricity:

Re: [Vo]:Ten New Nuclear Reactors Connected in 2016

Still... To put that optimistic factoid into proper perspective on a national level, nuclear energy is still about 10% of the mix and that will not change soon without a technological breakthrough. Wind will blow past nuclear soon, so to speak.