Green energy powered by bullsh!t

[roscoe erf]

Those lighthouses are not bolted on to hollow nails hammered into the seabed - and all the mechanicals are easily accessible

built wrong then are they not

 

[brigadoon]

Thinking BIG!

Need something to charge all these electric cars, trucks and trains we are going to be using - not to mention the heat pumps

In the meantime I will continue burning timber

 

[brigadoon]

built wrong then are they not

If I recall correctly it took about 7 years to build a light house - offshore wind turbines are installed in days - and not many of them

 

[ollie989898]

If I recall correctly it took about 7 years to build a light house - offshore wind turbines are installed in days - and not many of them

Lots of lighthouses took years to build as they could only work on them at particular times at low tide and when the seasons allowed.

 

[brigadoon]

Lots of lighthouses took years to build as they could only work on them at particular times at low tide and when the seasons allowed.

So true - keying the stones into the living rock did not speed things up either

 

[Doing it for the kids]

I do not believe we have any gas turbine power stations in the UK - we have gas powered generation - which is not the same thing at all

only small scale ones

Creyke Beck Power Project | Gas Peaking Plants UK - Statera Energy

Read about the latest energy storage projects developed by Statera Energy including the Creyke Beck Gas Peaking Plant.

stateraenergy.co.uk

 

[Exfarmer]

I do not believe we have any gas turbine power stations in the UK - we have gas powered generation - which is not the same thing at all

Um ? How do you think thry work?
First they burn the gas in a turbine, then use the waste heat to produce steam.
It is called a combined plant
They regularly produce 50% + of our power

 

[Pilatus]

Um ? How do you think thry work?
First they burn the gas in a turbine, then use the waste heat to produce steam.
It is called a combined plant
They regularly produce 50% + of our power

I just Googled "UKgas power stations", interesting to see Drax now has planning for gas

 

[DaveGrohl]

I just Googled "UKgas power stations", interesting to see Drax now has planning for gas

Ther'll be some paperwork suggesting that because they'll be using imoorted gas it doesn't count towards Drax's emissions, but they will therefore qualify for some green subs from HM govt.

 

[glasshouse]

I just Googled "UKgas power stations", interesting to see Drax now has planning for gas

Whats the emission advantage of gas over coal?

 

[HatsOff]

Whats the emission advantage of gas over coal?

Gas has about twice the energy density and way, way, way less pollutants.

Because of all the other stuff that is in with the coal, you have a much lower efficiency converting the chemical energy into electricity.

Carbon dioxide aside, coal is a very dirty fuel, emitting particulate and radioactive rubbish into the local area.

 

[DaveGrohl]

Gas has about twice the energy density and way, way, way less pollutants.

Because of all the other stuff that is in with the coal, you have a much lower efficiency converting the chemical energy into electricity.

Carbon dioxide aside, coal is a very dirty fuel, emitting particulate and radioactive rubbish into the local area.

Also much easier to deliver it through a pipe. Coal's a bit lumpy.

 

[AT Aloss]

It's all happening down the road from us!!
Developments for hydrogen fuel supply & fuel from waste oil. Something tells me we aren't going to reach renewable nirvana anytime soon....

Phillips 66’s Humber refinery advances renewables projects

Phillips 66 has received a major piece of equipment for a project to increase production of renewable fuels at its 221,000-b/d Humber refinery at South Killingholme in North Lincolnshir...

www.ogj.com

 

[manhill]

Burning wood is no better than burning coal or oil.
Burning wood to dry wood to use to dry grain is also madness

burning grain cheaper than pellets or wood?

 

[brigadoon]

only small scale ones

Creyke Beck Power Project | Gas Peaking Plants UK - Statera Energy

Read about the latest energy storage projects developed by Statera Energy including the Creyke Beck Gas Peaking Plant.

stateraenergy.co.uk

Not meaning to be pedantic but those are not turbines

 

[brigadoon]

Um ? How do you think thry work?
First they burn the gas in a turbine, then use the waste heat to produce steam.
It is called a combined plant
They regularly produce 50% + of our power

Yes they do - as you say combined cycle - a gas turbine is horrendously fuel inefficient - or at least the ones I sailed with were.

I was under the impression they were mainly gas fired steam turbines - every day a school day