Planned Somerset nuclear plant on hold ? or not ?
Moderator: Peak Moderation
- biffvernon
- Posts: 18538
- Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
- Location: Lincolnshire
- Contact:
- RenewableCandy
- Posts: 12780
- Joined: 12 Sep 2007, 12:13
- Location: York
Ireland weighs in!
The National Trust of Ireland has begun a legal challenge against the UK government over its decision to approve a new nuclear plant in England.
The plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset was granted planning permission by the Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, last month.
However, the trust (known as An Taisce in Irish) has said the Irish people should have been consulted before the UK government granted approval.
- emordnilap
- Posts: 14823
- Joined: 05 Sep 2007, 16:36
- Location: here
I'm a member of An Taisce; they can be a vociferous bunch and this is just the sort of thing they enjoy. Fair play to 'em.RenewableCandy wrote:Ireland weighs in!The National Trust of Ireland has begun a legal challenge against the UK government over its decision to approve a new nuclear plant in England.
The plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset was granted planning permission by the Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, last month.
However, the trust (known as An Taisce in Irish) has said the Irish people should have been consulted before the UK government granted approval.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
- biffvernon
- Posts: 18538
- Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
- Location: Lincolnshire
- Contact:
Well, it's a windfarm, innit.EDF Energy chief executive Vincent de Rivaz said: “The completion of Fallago Rig demonstrates how EDF Group companies can deliver major infrastructure projects on time and on budget.
http://renews.biz/46666/edf-cuts-ribbon ... llago-rig/
-
- Site Admin
- Posts: 14287
- Joined: 20 Sep 2006, 02:35
- Location: Newbury, Berkshire
- Contact:
Frightening!kenneal - lagger wrote:The government must be expecting the talks to collapse which is why they're so keen on fracking. The gas will provide us with a local source of fuel for electricity generation.
If it wasn't for pick-pockets & frisking at airports, I'd have no sex life at all .................Rodney Dangerfield.
- adam2
- Site Admin
- Posts: 11014
- Joined: 02 Jul 2007, 17:49
- Location: North Somerset, twinned with Atlantis
Now approved by EU.
Source is breaking news on BBC news website at about 11-15 on 08/10/2014.
Not certain if this means that it will be built, or if this is simply the go ahead for other studies, consultations or enquiries.
Source is breaking news on BBC news website at about 11-15 on 08/10/2014.
Not certain if this means that it will be built, or if this is simply the go ahead for other studies, consultations or enquiries.
"Installers and owners of emergency diesels must assume that they will have to run for a week or more"
- RenewableCandy
- Posts: 12780
- Joined: 12 Sep 2007, 12:13
- Location: York
I think the Austrians are going to challenge it, and then there's Greenpeace with their legal experts, plus a group of energy experts whom I vaguely know who seem quite on-the-ball. And no-one's mentioned the Germans yet.
Also, there were some extra terms. I don't know what the EdF guys'll make of those.
Also, there were some extra terms. I don't know what the EdF guys'll make of those.
Hinkley Point nuclear plant to cost £24.5bn
That's a lot of money for 7% supply. I wonder how much it would cost to deploy enough efficiency savings to cut demand by 7%?
Also - with this latest price hike, new nuclear is in the same ballpark as the Severn barrage, which lasts twice as long!
That's a lot of money for 7% supply. I wonder how much it would cost to deploy enough efficiency savings to cut demand by 7%?
Also - with this latest price hike, new nuclear is in the same ballpark as the Severn barrage, which lasts twice as long!
- biffvernon
- Posts: 18538
- Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
- Location: Lincolnshire
- Contact:
Some interesting musings from Chris Goodall
http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_c ... dream.html
and
http://www.carboncommentary.com/2014/10 ... nstructed/
http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_c ... dream.html
and
http://www.carboncommentary.com/2014/10 ... nstructed/
- emordnilap
- Posts: 14823
- Joined: 05 Sep 2007, 16:36
- Location: here
More good news from Hinkley
For all the trumpeting of a nuclear renaissance, Hinkley still looks to be as distant and expensive as ever.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
- biffvernon
- Posts: 18538
- Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
- Location: Lincolnshire
- Contact:
- adam2
- Site Admin
- Posts: 11014
- Joined: 02 Jul 2007, 17:49
- Location: North Somerset, twinned with Atlantis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-30125622
Certainly not a foregone conclusion according to this report.
Certainly not a foregone conclusion according to this report.
"Installers and owners of emergency diesels must assume that they will have to run for a week or more"
- emordnilap
- Posts: 14823
- Joined: 05 Sep 2007, 16:36
- Location: here
SourceStrictly confidential - for the Secretary of State
As requested, we've researched three options to provide c. 7% of total UK electricity demand by 2025 at the latest:
A barrage on the Severn Estuary.
2 new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
20 GW of renewable electricity generation capacity on UK farms.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
- biffvernon
- Posts: 18538
- Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
- Location: Lincolnshire
- Contact: