Re: Wind Power

From: Karl Johanson (karljohanson_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 09/03/04 

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 06:25:47 GMT

"Don Kelly" <dhky@peeshaw.ca> wrote in message news:IgTZc.307064

> From what I have seen, it was definitely a peaking plant. It is only at
peak
> periods that energy in excess of what can be transmitted from the mainland
> is needed. It would be asinine to use gas for base load when base load
hydro
> capability is available - as it is. There appears to be a lot of
> misinformation going around.

Seems that way. I may have contributed slightly. It was just over 2 years
ago that I went to the meeting. I remember the Princess Mary buffet lunch
though.

> A Candu is an option but one that cannot be realised without approximately
a
> 10 year lead time. Do we have that? Secondly, a 250MW Candu is a joke. An
> economical plant will weigh in at the 1000MW level- well above the needs
of
> the Island for (I hope) a long time.

You gould go with two 125 MWe Candus, but I was thinking more of a 728 MWe
Candu 6. By time it's built, should cover much of the Islands electricity. A
similarly sized ARC (Advanced Candu Reactor) would be pretty skookum as
well.

Lead time is a problem, even noting that much of that would be political
wrangling & such. There'd likely be lots for other options as well though.

Karl Johanson