Glad to see wind making a massive contribution of less than a half a
gigawatt ... :-)

Looks like a nuke has come back online. Its up over 6 again. Interested to
see that the biggest contribution has been coming from coal. Just goes to
show that it's all driven by economics, and CO2 targets have got zip to do
with it ...

It's telling to look at the French one where their entire demand is pretty
much met by nuke output, with enough spare to flog to us at an inflated rate
....

Arfa

On Thursday, November 27, 2014 2:36:51 AM UTC, Arfa Daily wrote:
Glad to see wind making a massive contribution of less than a half a
gigawatt ... :-)

Looks like a nuke has come back online. Its up over 6 again. Interested to
see that the biggest contribution has been coming from coal. Just goes to
show that it's all driven by economics, and CO2 targets have got zip to do
with it ...

It's telling to look at the French one where their entire demand is pretty
much met by nuke output, with enough spare to flog to us at an inflated rate
...

Arfa

Not one but several, you can see all the EDF nukes here http://www.edfenergy.com/energy/powe...daily-statuses the one remaining Magnox in Wales is owned by a different company (and is on it's last legs)

Dungeness B seems to be having problem after problem, feed pump issues, hydrogen leaks etc.

Philip

Arfa Daily wrote:

Glad to see wind making a massive contribution of less than a half a
gigawatt ... :-)

Indeed. Pretty poor for solar yesterday too. :-(

The weekly graph for Nuclear/ coal... has 20 GW fsd, when the
rest of that set go to 25 - looks like it needs a tweak.

Chris
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On 27/11/14 08:24, Chris J Dixon wrote:
Arfa Daily wrote:

Glad to see wind making a massive contribution of less than a half a
gigawatt ... :-)

Indeed. Pretty poor for solar yesterday too. :-(

The weekly graph for Nuclear/ coal... has 20 GW fsd, when the
rest of that set go to 25 - looks like it needs a tweak.

Now tweaked...thanks

Chris



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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for the
rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. €“ Erwin Knoll

On 27/11/14 08:05, wrote:
On Thursday, November 27, 2014 2:36:51 AM UTC, Arfa Daily wrote:
Glad to see wind making a massive contribution of less than a half a
gigawatt ... :-)

Looks like a nuke has come back online. Its up over 6 again. Interested to
see that the biggest contribution has been coming from coal. Just goes to
show that it's all driven by economics, and CO2 targets have got zip to do
with it ...

It's telling to look at the French one where their entire demand is pretty
much met by nuke output, with enough spare to flog to us at an inflated rate
...

Arfa

Not one but several, you can see all the EDF nukes here http://www.edfenergy.com/energy/powe...daily-statuses the one remaining Magnox in Wales is owned by a different company (and is on it's last legs)

Dungeness B seems to be having problem after problem, feed pump issues, hydrogen leaks etc.

Philip


That's very interesting, thanks.

I did not know EDF run pre booked tours - that could be fun. Been to
Sellafield (twice, once a good while ago when the tour was "extra
interesting").

Yes indeed, and also way way back in the 1980s, they had a robot to fix
nukes faults in high radiation areas of a plant.
Seems once again we here are behind the times and still hand wringing about
waste placement.
Brian

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"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
...
Glad to see wind making a massive contribution of less than a half a
gigawatt ... :-)

Looks like a nuke has come back online. Its up over 6 again. Interested to
see that the biggest contribution has been coming from coal. Just goes to
show that it's all driven by economics, and CO2 targets have got zip to do
with it ...

It's telling to look at the French one where their entire demand is pretty
much met by nuke output, with enough spare to flog to us at an inflated
rate ...

Arfa

On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:36:47 -0000, Arfa Daily wrote:

Looks like a nuke has come back online. Its up over 6 again.

Only four TG's offline now, all of Sizewell B is off until end of Dec
(Statutary inspections). The other two, a TG each at Hartlepool and
Heysham are due back end of this month, after the boiler spine crack
and subsequent inspections shut 'em down a month or so back.

I bet National Grid are breathing a huge sigh of relief that nothing
was found to keep Hartlepool and Heysham offline.

Interested to see that the biggest contribution has been coming from
coal. Just goes to show that it's all driven by economics, and CO2
targets have got zip to do with it ...

It's close between coal and gas. For the last 72 hours coal has been
more or less flat out 24/7 @ 15 GW. Gas has varied from 5 GW to 23 GW
(ish). If you look at the weekly graph I'd say that the area where
gas is above coal is bigger than when gas is below coal, so gas has
produced slightly more electrickery than coal.

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On 27/11/14 09:21, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:36:47 -0000, Arfa Daily wrote:

Looks like a nuke has come back online. Its up over 6 again.

Only four TG's offline now, all of Sizewell B is off until end of Dec
(Statutary inspections). The other two, a TG each at Hartlepool and
Heysham are due back end of this month, after the boiler spine crack
and subsequent inspections shut 'em down a month or so back.

I bet National Grid are breathing a huge sigh of relief that nothing
was found to keep Hartlepool and Heysham offline.

Interested to see that the biggest contribution has been coming from
coal. Just goes to show that it's all driven by economics, and CO2
targets have got zip to do with it ...

It's close between coal and gas. For the last 72 hours coal has been
more or less flat out 24/7 @ 15 GW. Gas has varied from 5 GW to 23 GW
(ish). If you look at the weekly graph I'd say that the area where
gas is above coal is bigger than when gas is below coal, so gas has
produced slightly more electrickery than coal.

id agree. coal and nuclear now running full baseload with hydro pumped
and gas filling in the gaps that the renewables are completely unable to
fill...


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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for the
rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. €“ Erwin Knoll

On 27/11/2014 08:05, wrote:
Not one but several, you can see all the EDF nukes herehttp://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-station/daily-statuses the one remaining Magnox in Wales is owned by a different company (and is on it's last legs)

You make it sound (to me) like Baba Yaga's hut!

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Rod

On 27/11/14 22:35, polygonum wrote:
On 27/11/2014 08:05, wrote:
Not one but several, you can see all the EDF nukes
herehttp://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-station/daily-statuses the
one remaining Magnox in Wales is owned by a different company (and is
on it's last legs)

You make it sound (to me) like Baba Yaga's hut!

Well..its a lot better than that!

but they made a commercial decision to not manufacture any more fuel
rods for it so when the current stock is done, that's it for Wylfa...and
they have served us well, those Magnox reactors. a lot of years of safe
power.

The plan is to mothball for many years after pulling the fuel rods out
till they are cool enough to chop up without special precautions.


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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for the
rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. €“ Erwin Knoll

On 27/11/14 23:20, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 27/11/14 22:35, polygonum wrote:
On 27/11/2014 08:05, wrote:
Not one but several, you can see all the EDF nukes
herehttp://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-station/daily-statuses the
one remaining Magnox in Wales is owned by a different company (and is
on it's last legs)

You make it sound (to me) like Baba Yaga's hut!

Well..its a lot better than that!

but they made a commercial decision to not manufacture any more fuel
rods for it so when the current stock is done, that's it for Wylfa...and
they have served us well, those Magnox reactors. a lot of years of safe
power.

The plan is to mothball for many years after pulling the fuel rods out
till they are cool enough to chop up without special precautions.


oh and it looks like Wylfa will be early into the next generation
nuclear power with a pair of Hitachi ABWRs looking pretty definite, too

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN...s-2611144.html


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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for the
rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. €“ Erwin Knoll