Electrical generation and Integrity

[cropgrower]

its all deranged lefty's on their having their tantrums lately

[sumdumguy]

The lefties don’t like it when they can’t buy social media, they liked buying all main stream media( with our money) though so they could push their shyt down our throats day in and day out. Propaganda pushers - you are professionals and you like it that way. Too Friggin bad, you’ve met your match. Gotta love the level playing field, maybe called equity.

[chuckChuck]

Baa Baa Trump sheep!

[chuckChuck]

As for the notion of expanding nuclear capabilities on either side of the border, U.S. utilities and grid operators are looking carefully at the final costs of the recently completed Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. With a final $50-billion ([url]https://www.powermag.com/blog/plant-vogtle-not-a-star-but-a-tragedy-for-the-people-of-georgia/[/url]) price tag for 2,200 megawatts of capacity, the project is raising serious questions about the economic viability of new nuclear power projects.

New estimates from the Tennessee Valley Authority ,suggesting that the cost of Ontario Power Generation’s 1,200-megawatt four-unit ‘small modular reactor’ project at Darlington in Clarington, Ont. could hit $25-billion, are raising similar questions. And with the Ford government also proposing a four-reactor 4,800 megawatt new-build project at the Bruce Power site, the Americans may well be happy to let the province take a more-than $100-billion chance to confirm what they are already learning about the costs of new nuclear reactors. The province’s electricity ratepayers are unlikely to be as pleased. All of this while the costs of renewable energy and energy storage continue to fall ([url]https://www.irena.org/Publications/2024/Sep/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2023[/url]).

[url]https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-doug-ford-response-to-trumps-tariff-threat-lacks-credibility/[/url]

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Right on queue Alberta is in a deep freeze and wind power is nowhere to be seen. Currently 20 megawatts out of internal demand of 12,000 megawatts. -33 here this morning, with all the additional energy demand that inevitably comes with this weather.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Wind is now producing 7 megawatts out of 5,688 megawatts of installed capacity.

Works pretty well when you least need it though.

[fjlip]

Ha ha

[sumdumguy]

Wind and solar, so much BS.

[blackpowder]

I don't think they're necessarily bs.
But we were definitely bs'ed.
An alternative, not a replacement.

[Hamloc]

I don't think they're necessarily bs.
But we were definitely bs'ed.
An alternative, not a replacement.

I would call Solar and wind a supplementary source of electricity not an alternative because alternative insinuates that it is something you have a choice of using. And yes there are times when wind and solar are available and are an alternative but there are times when they simply are not. The unfortunate thing with wind it has been proven over and over when the weather is very cold and the arctic air mass is over Alberta and electricity demand peaks wind generation is not available. This morning it is -26 with a wind chill of -33 and wind is producing at 4% of its capacity and supplying just under 2% of Alberta’s electricity demand.

[blackpowder]

Questioned the word myself when writing. Alternative for some applications perhaps. African villages? Remote locations between the tropics? Life changer for some of the poorest.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Questioned the word myself when writing. Alternative for some applications perhaps. African villages? Remote locations between the tropics? Life changer for some of the poorest.

I assume that there is some remote Arctic Outpost where the wind always blows and fuel has to be flown in by helicopter at great expense, where alternative energy would actually be cheaper than conventional fossil fuels. Or an isolated tropical island where the sun predictably shines where solar energy could actually be cheaper than imported fossil fuels.

For years I have been challenging Chuck to find an example of this anywhere in the world to prove his so far false claims about cheapest source of electricity.

In response I've been called every name in the book, but thus far, no examples of cheaper alternative energy.