Re: Nuclear Power
- From: William Morse <wdmorse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:23:09 GMT
Josh Hill <usereplyto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:gpjob2hf9g4js5i8agujfmaq9tncr63l1e@xxxxxxx:
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:52:47 GMT, William Morse <wdmorse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"LongmuirG" <LongmuirG@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:1152845475.591598.83390
@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:
bill wrote about wind power:
It's worth noting that in addition to the windmills, and
backup
generation, you will also need a great deal of additional grid.
That's not a trivial investment.
Spot on! The E.ON 2005 Wind Report identified three key operational
challenges that they were facing as a world leader in actually using
wind power on a significant scale:
1. "Wind energy is only able to replace traditional power stations
to a limited extent."
2. "Wind power feed-in can only be forecast to a limited degree."
3. "Wind power needs a grid infrastructure."
As you point out, the costs of the necessary grid expansion are
substantial -- plus there is the problem that the same people who
want to see wind factories erected (in somebody else's back yard)
are very unhappy about building new transmission lines.
The costs of grid expansion will be just as great for nuclear as for
wind, since you will not be able to site nuclear power plants
remotely near demand centers. And nobody wants anything built in their
back yard, regardless of whatever other beliefs they may hold.
I suspect you're right, although I just read about an apparent
exception:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/magazine/16nuclear.html
I don't understand why they don't just build the things where they'll
do no harm. A lack of leadership on the part of the Federal
Government, perhaps.
Thanks for the article reference - apparently I was too busy doing the
crossword puzzle to notice it :-) The energy companies obviously want to
build new nukes on existing sites, especially if as in the case of the
Vogtle site it was originally set up for two more plants. But close to
Augusta and Atlanta? Is Homeland Security going to look at this? And if
it is where I think it is, it is not that far upstream of Savannah.
Yours,
Bill Morse
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