#baseload

[tomburke47]

Do we need some base provision from nuclear power if we are to keep the lights on? - Sky News

Do we need some base provision from nuclear power if we are to keep the lights on? – Sky News

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We don’t need nuclear power to keep the lights on, which is fortunate as nuclear power stations are unplanned offline about 25% of the time. They are intermittent, as is all energy generation, so it is fortunate that we don’t actually need base load power. It’s about five years since the then Chief Executive Steve Halliday said…

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[man-and-atom]

More solar power hurts nuclear energy. But it also hurts itself

It is not a good time to be producing power round the clock

About 150 gigawatts of wind and solar were installed globally in 2017 versus 3GW of nuclear. Nuclear power still provides more than twice as much electricity globally as wind, and 5.5 times as much as solar, partly because it runs all the time rather than intermittently.

The more solar capacity is installed, the authors find, the worse for baseload generators—that is, those that produce electricity around the clock. The new energy mix rewards gas turbines that can be turned on for a few hours to satisfy peak demand in the evening.

Do we choose the source that supplies energy when it is wanted, with a minimum of plant, & efficaciously displaces fossil fuels, or do we choose ones which, to judge by real-world results, impose high costs & only protect the demand for combustion energy?

[man-and-atom]

Navigating Nuclear Virtual Field Trip

This is "Navigating Nuclear Virtual Field Trip" by Discovery Education on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Let’s visit an atomic power plant!

Even though only 3 units of a planned 5 have been built, Palo Verde is frequently the largest power station in the US in terms of annual output.  And all this in a desert, using reclaimed wastewater from the city of Phoenix for cooling!

[environmentguru]

Competition watchdog chief briefs National party room on energy – politics live

Senate opens by addressing Leyonhjelm’s comments to Sarah Hanson-Young, while Newspoll delivers Turnbull more bad news. All the day’s events, live 4.09am BST Not auspol related, but related to how I often feel about politics – we have successfully la https://www.environmentguru.com/pages/elements/element.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr&id=7534364

[environmentguru]

The EU s nuclear option: white elephant or essential low carbon generation?

With far-reaching changes in the EU power market design looming, and European baseload power prices heading for new lows, does nuclear have a long-term future in the EU's energy mix? https://www.environmentguru.com/pages/elements/element.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr&id=6033243

[environmentguru]

Turkey s Borsa Istanbul launches new electricity contracts

Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul will launch new baseload power contracts from Friday in a bid to boost trading interest on its electricity screens. The VIOP... https://www.environmentguru.com/pages/elements/element.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr&id=5968952

[environmentguru]

Certification Notice-250 Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

On September 12, 2017, NTE Carolinas II, LLC, as owner and operator of a new baseload electric generating powerplant, submitted a coal capability self-certification to the Department of Energy (DOE) to Sec. 201(d) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fue https://www.environmentguru.com/pages/elements/element.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr&id=5613061

[environmentguru]

Did Rick Perry Just Propose a Value-of-Coal Tariff?

Thought that controversial grid resiliency report ordered by Energy Secretary Rick Perry was only an intellectual exercise?  It didn't take long for the Department of Energy to put it into action -- in exactly the way that critics feared https://www.environmentguru.com/pages/elements/element.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr&id=5557251