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by Coriolis
Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:57 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Labour to use royal land to boost wind energy
Replies: 10
Views: 416

Re: Labour to use royal land to boost wind energy

One point I picked up on was that having the Crown Estate put money in (from surplus which would otherwise go to the exchequer) it doesn't count as government / public spending! I have no problem at all with public spending, especially for investment, but if this means that we can invest but avoid ...
by Coriolis
Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: GB Power HQ
Replies: 5
Views: 277

Re: GB Power HQ

Moxi wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:11 pm It makes a change for such things to be based outside of London

Moxi
Green Investment Bank was set up in Edinburgh and still has a major presence there as part of Macquire's Green Investment Group now.
by Coriolis
Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Labour to use royal land to boost wind energy
Replies: 10
Views: 416

Re: Labour to use royal land to boost wind energy

How is this different to the offshore wind farms that have all already been built and the ones that are in planning - they're all based on land made available by the Crown Estate as well? Or have I missed something? Sounds like The Crown Estate will invest in projects and not just provide seabed le...
by Coriolis
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Renewable's overtake gas in the UK supply for last winter
Replies: 16
Views: 1813

Re: Renewable's overtake gas in the UK supply for last winter

Crikey - I had a look on Wikipedia to see if there was an article about all the gas pipelines coming into Europe. And yes there is. Just look at the number and size of them - goodness me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_gas_pipelines See also https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/g...
by Coriolis
Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:09 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: New civil nuclear roadmap
Replies: 4
Views: 691

Re: New civil nuclear roadmap

Would the existing safety cases apply to a new build or have new build safety requirements moved on?
by Coriolis
Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: wind curtailment
Replies: 34
Views: 11633

Re: wind curtailment

Given that the majority of the generation is North and the bulk of the load is based in the South would a shallow submarine cable or two laid along the coastal waters be a cheaper easier solution to transmission costs compared with a land based solution ? Apologies if this already exists. Moxi The ...
by Coriolis
Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: Transport
Topic: Is there a lift locator app for cars (functioning on gps)
Replies: 4
Views: 688

Re: Is there a lift locator app for cars (functioning on gps)

If no dedicated apps, Facebook Messenger/WhatsApp can temporarily share location.
by Coriolis
Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:59 am
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Grid sites.
Replies: 13
Views: 7581

Re: Grid sites.

https://electricinsights.co.uk

Full dashboard only works on desktop. Includes estimates of embedded wind and solar so tends to report a higher figure than sites that don't. Doesn't handle exports clearly though.
by Coriolis
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Titanic sub trips were an oil & gas industry proving ground
Replies: 11
Views: 3143

Re: Titanic sub trips were an oil & gas industry proving ground

https://www.insider.com/oceangate-ceo-stocktoin-rush-titanic-sub-gateway-oil-gas-harvesting-2023-6 Clearly he never stopped to properly think about why the oil and gas industry uses ROVs not instead of manned submersibles. Size, manoeuvrability, time on station and operating depths. The excuse about...
by Coriolis
Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:14 pm
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: Port of Dundee
Replies: 17
Views: 9964

Re: Port of Dundee

Quite a lot of wind turbine components sitting in the port of Dundee, I don't know which windfarm they are for. likely for the Moray field. Port of Dundee is the marshalling and pre-assembly yard for EDF's 459 MW (54 x 8 MW turbines) Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm, 15.5km east of Fife Ness in the...