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Sizewell C "heavily de-risked" to attract pension funds...

https://realassets.ipe.com/analysis/jul ... 23.article

This is alongside their plans to build a bigger reservoir, replacing the 40 year old turbines/generators to give it a power upgrade

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4202 ... er-station

This sounds interesting/clever Is it basically that the DNOs are permitting them to connect to their distribution networks with some reinforcement of those first, whilst waiting for the transmission grid to be upgraded later? https://renews.biz/92858/uk-accelerates-connections-for-8gw-clean-energy-c...

Crikey yes I remember being given that as a kid when I had dodgy stomach once - goodness me - over the counter liquid morphine given to children - madness!

Oh that makes sense then. This system is being installed in, guess what, a kaolin clay mine.

Mercury's a bit toxic though isn't it when it leaks! Water is a nasty thing though - it'll work its way through any seal, it'll damage any bearing, wear out any pipe, turbine blade and impellor given enough time. Making it more dense with some dissolved chemical must surely just make all those probl...

Must admit I thought this would never get off the ground - but they're building a pilot plant for this pumped hydro system which uses some sort of high-density fluid instead of water to get more energy in and out of the system for less fluid volume than if it was "just" water. https://rene...

Great isn't it!

Worth a watch

Lots of interesting stuff in here.

https://renews.biz/92682/national-grid- ... ubstation/