On 12/03/2016 16:36, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:39:10 +0000, bert wrote:

In article ,
harry writes
I see the gov. are bent on building Hinkley even though it's not
economically viable.
Another HS2 then.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/calls-grow-...ey-point-edf-n
uclear-deal-save-taxpayer-17bn-1548116

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...int-c-subsidy-
national-audit-office-nuclear-plant

The latest off shore windfarm deal has received an even greater
guaranteed price, but no mention of that.

I looked it up. £140/MWh!! http://tinyurl.com/j92fpey and scroll down
a bit. That's horrific. In comparison, Hinkley C is a very good deal
indeed! I suppose it's because although the likes of Harry and other
greens keep telling us how cheap wind power is, that cheap pricing
assumes 100% load factor, when in reality it's only 25% or
thereabouts. If they operated at full whack all the time, the
electricity cost might only be £35/MWh, but they have to up that by a
factor of four to cover their cost and make it profitable.

Not to mention that hideous phrase "enough to power n,000 homes", which
so effortlessly glosses over the questions about load factor, and
whether they are talking about total power, or just electric and so on.

£140/MWh Harry. Remember that the next time you try and tell us just
how cheap wind power is. It's a pack of lies!

He will tell you that's because it a "new" technology that needs subsidy
to get going...

(bit like that dozy green who when questioned about renewables defended
the subsidy on that basis, and then was asked why they do not support
subsidy for liquid fluoride cooled thorium reactor construction,
explained that was because it was not proven or mature technology... all
apparently without any cognitive dissonance!)

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Cheers,

John.

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