I recently saw an analysis that Max Dillon Charleston SC
Dec 27, 2019 2:37:33 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > The fools in Alaska are getting heavy into wind and solar. Recent story about > how one utility is making a giant investment in TESLA batteries to take over > the short load bumps from their NG plant. CO2 reduction and all. Stupidity of > an extreme degree, given that the state does not have a linked grid. Almost > all the power is produced in isolated cells, so when your plant goes down, > you are SOL. Even the patched together grid from Fairbanks to the Kenia > peninsula is a mash up of six separate utilities with their own fiefdoms > charging each other carrier fees. Hard to get your “cheap” wind power > anywhere when, by the time it gets where it is needed, the cost has > quintupled with all the fees. > > AK is a place that could benefit from micro nuke plants. I think there was > interest in Toshiba closet nukes > > clay > > > > On Dec 26, 2019, at 7:37 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, the US has a number of Nukes that will require retirement or > > refueling in the near term. Without a program to build more we will depend > > on coal/fossil fuel plants to provide power. Else, the US may have some > > dark days and cold nights.... > > > > I was hopeful we might see Va start it's Nuke Power industry with Vepco > > looking at a new reactor in the Western part of the state. Haven't heard > > anything lately. > > > > LarryT > > > > On 12/20/2019 2:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > > > > SWITZERLAND47-year-old nuclear power plant shuts down on live TVPublished: > > > Friday, December 20, 2019 > > > > > > Switzerland today shut down one of its oldest nuclear power plants, part > > > of > > > a plan to end the domestic production of atomic energy before the middle > > > of > > > the century. > > > > > > Operator BKW took the Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant, located 25 miles west > > > of the capital Bern, off the grid shortly after midday in a ceremony > > > broadcast live by Switzerland's main public TV station. > > > > > > BKW, which is majority owned by the canton of Bern, said it plans to begin > > > dismantling the plant in January, a process that will take until 2034. > > > Decommissioning and deposing of radioactive remains is estimated to cost 3 > > > billion Swiss francs ($3.1 billion). > > > > > > Mühleberg is the smallest of Switzerland's four remaining nuclear power > > > plants. It began operation in 1972. > > > > > > After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan, > > > Switzerland > > > decided to gradually phase out nuclear power. > > > > > > Switzerland is home to the world's oldest still-operating nuclear power > > > plant, Beznau, which will be shut down toward the end of 2029. > > > > > > The remaining two nuclear plants, Gösgen and Leibstadt, will be shuttered > > > around 2040 and 2045, respectively. > > > > > > Switzerland plans to significantly increase the production of renewable > > > energy from solar and wind over the coming decades to meet its power > > > needs. > > > As part of the European grid, Switzerland also buys electricity from > > > neighboring countries such as France, which has numerous nuclear power > > > plants. > > > > > > Earlier this week, campaigners submitted enough signatures to force a > > > referendum on incorporating the goal of making Switzerland "climate > > > neutral" by 2050 in the country's constitution. Doing so would require > > > ending virtually all burning of fossil fuels by midcentury. *— Associated > > > Press* > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
