13 miles down and 500 degrees centigrade

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Stan
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13 miles down and 500 degrees centigrade

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Re: 13 miles down and 1000 centigrade

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For info, a previous thread about the Eavor Loop technology was started here,
https://camelot-forum.co.uk/phpBB3/view ... 066#p32066
18.7kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 27MWh generated
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105kWh EV storage
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40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
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nowty wrote: Sun Aug 27, 2023 8:13 pm For info, a previous thread about the Eavor Loop technology was started here,
https://camelot-forum.co.uk/phpBB3/view ... 066#p32066
The new video also talks about a new company Quaise who has a new drilling technique to drill far deeper and thus get to hotter rocks.
18.7kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 27MWh generated
6 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
Mart
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Re: 13 miles down and 500 degrees centigrade

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I love the idea of being able to tap temperatures high enough to utilise the steam turbines at existing coal/gas generation sites.

I hope the economics are viable, this would be a great tool to add to the RE (+ storage) toolbox. If by 2030-35, to get us through poor wind/PV days, we have roughly 20GW storage, 20GW interconnectors and 20GW CCGT's, then displacing some of the FF gas with more renewables, would be excellent.
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Ken
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Re: 13 miles down and 500 degrees centigrade

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Mart wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:57 am I love the idea of being able to tap temperatures high enough to utilise the steam turbines at existing coal/gas generation sites.

I hope the economics are viable, this would be a great tool to add to the RE (+ storage) toolbox. If by 2030-35, to get us through poor wind/PV days, we have roughly 20GW storage, 20GW interconnectors and 20GW CCGT's, then displacing some of the FF gas with more renewables, would be excellent.
Totally agree but do have doubts as to how it might fit in because i dont think it will be able to vary output much. Behave like nuclear as "base" load. How would that fit in with the need to overbuild RE by say 50%
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Ken wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:59 am
Mart wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:57 am I love the idea of being able to tap temperatures high enough to utilise the steam turbines at existing coal/gas generation sites.

I hope the economics are viable, this would be a great tool to add to the RE (+ storage) toolbox. If by 2030-35, to get us through poor wind/PV days, we have roughly 20GW storage, 20GW interconnectors and 20GW CCGT's, then displacing some of the FF gas with more renewables, would be excellent.
Totally agree but do have doubts as to how it might fit in because i dont think it will be able to vary output much. Behave like nuclear as "base" load. How would that fit in with the need to overbuild RE by say 50%
Surely this would be a form of RE, after all it it not using fossil fuel and is not nuclear. There is often the comment about RE being unable to be used for baseload in this country (and many others), this, as you suggest could be baseload. It would also help diversify the source of energy, reduce the need for storage of electrcity and potentially reduce the need to overbuild other forms of RE.
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