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solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ...
http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm |
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Andy Burns formulated on Tuesday :
solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? |
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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
'...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? I think they mean 6MWh. A rough ballpark is 1MWh per 40' container, and their aerial photo shows five, so that's about right. Theo |
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Why is it called a farm?
Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Andy Burns" wrote in message ... solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm |
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Efficiency of electricity storage is what we want to know. Until we have
efficient storage and a similarly efficient way to distribute the power then renewable are not really viable except possibly to the local community in hard to get at places. I way thinking the other day about the current trend toward wireless charging of devices.This surely has to be very inefficient compared to a connection? its going to be inductive and even if the hz is raised to make it more efficient that has got to have losses. All so we do not have a plug in psu?? I notice you can now get sofas with built in USB ports so the next step is obviously wireless charging arms. Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message news Andy Burns formulated on Tuesday : solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? |
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Brian Gaff wrote:
Efficiency of electricity storage is what we want to know. That's their problem, not ours. They only get paid for the electricity that people want when it's sunny, or they've stored and can push through an inverter. |
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Chris Hogg wrote:
You may be right, but it doesn't inspire confidence if their publicity department doesn't have the technical savvy to use the correct units. The 6MW might be the total power rating of their inverters, fed from an undisclosed amount of MWh of batteries. |
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Tim Streater wrote:
AISB, these "providers" should be expected to provide a constant level of output 24 x 7. The level, that is, that they boast about. Perhaps a constant output isn't best, how about having their output match the envelope of the daily demand curve (as shown by gridwatch)? Then we're not paying Peter over the odds to fill the gaps in Paul's output? |
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On Tuesday, 26 September 2017 21:49:11 UTC+1, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Andy Burns formulated on Tuesday : solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? True. Plus the statement. "10MW renewable energy generated." |
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On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 08:53:30 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote: Efficiency of electricity storage is what we want to know. That's their problem, not ours. They only get paid for the electricity that people want when it's sunny, or they've stored and can push through an inverter. It means they don't know WTF they're talking about. |
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On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 08:24:19 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:
Why is it called a farm? Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Andy Burns" wrote in message ... solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm It runs on sunlight? |
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:24:15 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:
Why is it called a farm? 'Cos they harvest sunlight! -- TOJ. |
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:31:42 +0000 (UTC), The Other John
wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:24:15 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote: Why is it called a farm? 'Cos they harvest sunlight! Thinking about it Farm has been applied to a few things , Sewage Farm was a popular term for what is now more likely to be called a treatment works , I suppose as you can get fertilizer ,gas out of sewage you are harvesting it. But what about those old now rare aerial/ antenna arrangements like Rugby and Rampisham etc . They were often called aerial farms. What was being harvested there? Are there any large ones left now? Rampisham was finally cleared last month apart from one tower to be left as a very large bird nest support. http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/154...dio_towers___/ Partly as a result of the Solar farm project on the site not going ahead to return to the topic. G.Harman |
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On 27/09/2017 09:25, harry wrote:
On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 08:24:19 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote: Why is it called a farm? Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Andy Burns" wrote in message ... solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm It runs on sunlight? Or to put it another way, it harvests electricity. -- Bod |
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Brian Gaff wrote
Why is it called a farm? Because they breed them there, silly. "Andy Burns" wrote in message ... solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm |
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Brian Gaff wrote
Efficiency of electricity storage is what we want to know. Until we have efficient storage and a similarly efficient way to distribute the power then renewable are not really viable except possibly to the local community in hard to get at places. Not just hard to get at places, but also those where it costs a lot to have mains power connected. I way thinking the other day about the current trend toward wireless charging of devices. This surely has to be very inefficient compared to a connection? Sure, but the power levels involved arent huge, so it can be worth doing that way for convenience. For example, there is a lot to be said for inductively charging mobile phones where you put the phone down overnight etc. its going to be inductive and even if the hz is raised to make it more efficient that has got to have losses. All so we do not have a plug in psu?? So you don’t have to plug the phone in every night. I notice you can now get sofas with built in USB ports so the next step is obviously wireless charging arms. More likely the sofa side table. "Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message news Andy Burns formulated on Tuesday : solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? |
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"Tim Streater" wrote in message .. . In article , Andy Burns wrote: Brian Gaff wrote: Efficiency of electricity storage is what we want to know. That's their problem, not ours. They only get paid for the electricity that people want when it's sunny, or they've stored and can push through an inverter. AISB, these "providers" should be expected to provide a constant level of output 24 x 7. Thats mad when the demand varys significantly. The level, that is, that they boast about. If they fall short then it should be *their* responsibility to make up the shortfall. Even sillier than you usually manage, and that's saying something. |
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On 27/09/17 08:48, Tim Streater wrote:
You may be right, but it doesn't inspire confidence if their publicity department doesn't have the technical savvy to use the correct units. O-level education, you mean? I went for an eye test at the opticains and was dealt with by a young bespectacled lady in a hajib. Noticing a non zero on the 'cyl' part of the notes I said 'Oh, so I have astigmatism?' 'How did you now that, are you a Trained Optician?' 'No, I replied 'O-level Physics'. It contuinues to amaze me how much we learnt then for O levels, which isn't even studied at degree level these days. -- The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. Karl Marx |
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message news Efficiency of electricity storage is what we want to know. Until we have efficient storage and a similarly efficient way to distribute the power then renewable are not really viable except possibly to the local community in hard to get at places. I way thinking the other day about the current trend toward wireless charging of devices.This surely has to be very inefficient compared to a connection? its going to be inductive and even if the hz is raised to make it more efficient that has got to have losses. All so we do not have a plug in psu?? I notice you can now get sofas with built in USB ports so the next step is obviously wireless charging arms. Brian I'm not so sure that inductive charging is inefficient. Difficult to do yes, but I doubt much energy can be wasted in free air. Any losses would be in the windings and magnetic materials. The method does have the advantage of not wearing out connectors. -- Dave W |
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On 27/09/2017 08:24, Brian Gaff wrote:
Why is it called a farm? Call it a farm and you can build it on land designated for farming or green belt. -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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Chris Hogg wrote:
On 26 Sep 2017 22:24:55 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote: I think they mean 6MWh. A rough ballpark is 1MWh per 40' container, and their aerial photo shows five, so that's about right. You may be right, but it doesn't inspire confidence if their publicity department doesn't have the technical savvy to use the correct units. It gets even more confusing being this report refers to them as 1.2MWh: https://www.channel4.com/news/the-re...the-bill-payer however the reporter isn't clear whether that's 1.2MWh per container or 1.2MWh total. But if it is per container it would fit the 6MWh figure. At 1m53 the minister is going into the container, and the official behind her says 'five at 1.2' and then is talked over by the reporter so we miss whether the next word was 'each'. Theo |
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:05:30 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:48:14 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Chris Hogg wrote: On 26 Sep 2017 22:24:55 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote: Harry Bloomfield wrote: '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? I think they mean 6MWh. A rough ballpark is 1MWh per 40' container, and their aerial photo shows five, so that's about right. You may be right, but it doesn't inspire confidence if their publicity department doesn't have the technical savvy to use the correct units. O-level education, you mean? In 'media studies' or some such. Or 'Fine Art'. ;-) Cheers, T i m |
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:48:03 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote: solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm Well, that's a start (towards solar standing on it's own two feet). Now we just need to be sure that it actually creates more energy and actually saves (not creates more) pollution over it's lifetime and we can at least make use of them during daylight hours (and mostly in the summer, not so much in the winter when we need such energy, in the UK especially for heating and charging our electric cars that are even less efficient in the cold). Cheers, T i m |
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T i m wrote:
Andy Burns wrote: solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... Well, that's a start (towards solar standing on it's own two feet). The more I read on this farm, the less it sounds subsidy free It's more like a balancing power reserve (the batteries) that happens to be re-charged (partly) from its own PV array, so presumably it's getting a healthy rate for what it churns out, but they're not called FIT subsidies? Where rate do battery "generators" get? |
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On 27/09/17 12:44, T i m wrote:
On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:05:30 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:48:14 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Chris Hogg wrote: On 26 Sep 2017 22:24:55 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote: Harry Bloomfield wrote: '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? I think they mean 6MWh. A rough ballpark is 1MWh per 40' container, and their aerial photo shows five, so that's about right. You may be right, but it doesn't inspire confidence if their publicity department doesn't have the technical savvy to use the correct units. O-level education, you mean? In 'media studies' or some such. Or 'Fine Art'. ;-) Cheers, T i m History of art is probaly the least taxing degree course ever, if you have the ability to memorise .. -- "Nature does not give up the winter because people dislike the cold." ۥ Confucius |
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On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 10:21:33 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote For example, there is a lot to be said for inductively charging mobile phones where you put the phone down overnight etc. But it might be better to have them charging during the day via solar power.. They are slowing getting charging to work at a distance of a few feet so you could have your phone being trickle charged all day. its going to be inductive and even if the hz is raised to make it more efficient that has got to have losses. All so we do not have a plug in psu?? So you dont have to plug the phone in every night. or at any time. I notice you can now get sofas with built in USB ports so the next step is obviously wireless charging arms. More likely the sofa side table. No from the sofa, quite easy to do a search for them. |
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On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 10:33:57 UTC+1, alan_m wrote:
On 27/09/2017 08:24, Brian Gaff wrote: Why is it called a farm? Call it a farm and you can build it on land designated for farming or green belt. What about fish farms ? |
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On Tuesday, 26 September 2017 20:48:07 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm At a rough calculation I estimate that 1% of the UK would need to be covered by these farms to generate enough for the 27 million households in the UK |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 27/09/17 12:44, T i m wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:05:30 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:48:14 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Chris Hogg wrote: On 26 Sep 2017 22:24:55 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote: Harry Bloomfield wrote: '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? I think they mean 6MWh. A rough ballpark is 1MWh per 40' container, and their aerial photo shows five, so that's about right. You may be right, but it doesn't inspire confidence if their publicity department doesn't have the technical savvy to use the correct units. O-level education, you mean? In 'media studies' or some such. Or 'Fine Art'. ;-) Cheers, T i m History of art is probaly the least taxing degree course ever, if you have the ability to memorise .. Do you actually need to be able to tell one picture from another, and notice when pictures are similar or different in style? That's a bit hard for some of us. -- Roger Hayter |
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:06:07 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote: On 27/09/17 12:44, T i m wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:05:30 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:48:14 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: snip O-level education, you mean? In 'media studies' or some such. Or 'Fine Art'. ;-) Cheers, T i m History of art is probaly the least taxing degree course ever, if you have the ability to memorise .. Quite, along with a lot of how we often 'judge' peoples abilities, especially in the 'education system' these days. ;-( Giving a positive bias to those who happen to be able to remember stuff over those who can do stuff is a form of prejudice IMHO. I understand in the states, ordinary blue collar workers re given much more respect than they are over here with our pompous, elitist (and generally bogus) viewpoint on what is actually important or valuable (with 'celebrity' being a classic example of the worst of that). It will be interesting to see who are begging for food and who are able to do something 'practical' to earn their keep. ;-) Cheers, T i m |
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On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:31:42 +0000 (UTC), The Other John wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:24:15 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote: Why is it called a farm? 'Cos they harvest sunlight! Thinking about it Farm has been applied to a few things , Sewage Farm was a popular term for what is now more likely to be called a treatment works , I suppose as you can get fertilizer ,gas out of sewage you are harvesting it. But what about those old now rare aerial/ antenna arrangements like Rugby and Rampisham etc . They were often called aerial farms. What was being harvested there? Are there any large ones left now? Rampisham was finally cleared last month apart from one tower to be left as a very large bird nest support. http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/154...for_radio_towe rs___/ Partly as a result of the Solar farm project on the site not going ahead to return to the topic. G.Harman I've always taken the 'farm' usage to refer to a significant area of land used without buildings, or much buildings. -- Roger Hayter |
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Theo wrote:
Andy Burns wrote: It's more like a balancing power reserve Why does buying low and selling high require subsidy? It's just arbitrage. There are battery schemes within the national grid's "enhanced frequency regulation" scheme, not found yet whether this one does, or if it's another of their myriad balancing schemes. Various EFR projects seems to cost between £7 and £12 per MW per hour (odd units!) Three other 10MW battery EFR have tendered for about 350GWh each over 4 years and come in at £2.7m, £3.9m and £4.2m contract values. So probably that's the basis this pv+battery farm operates on, and the less Wh it has to buy from the grid because it can get them from its own panels, the more profitable it becomes? |
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Tim Streater wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: It contuinues to amaze me how much we learnt then for O levels, which isn't even studied at degree level these days. Notwithstanding that, it was noticeable when I got to Uni to do Physics, how much harder the course content was than even A-level Physics. Much, much harder. Indeed!. Up to A level I was fortunate that I seemed able to understand and remember enough without really having to try, and got an A pass. At university, studying electrical engineering, I rested on my laurels somewhat, and didn't devote enough time (or effort) to the physics course, and had to resit the first year exam. I guess the real difference was that the university syllabus seemed focused far more on proof of theorems, rather than understanding of the processes. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Plant amazing Acers. |
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On 27/09/17 13:39, Roger Hayter wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 27/09/17 12:44, T i m wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:05:30 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:48:14 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Chris Hogg wrote: On 26 Sep 2017 22:24:55 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote: Harry Bloomfield wrote: '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? I think they mean 6MWh. A rough ballpark is 1MWh per 40' container, and their aerial photo shows five, so that's about right. You may be right, but it doesn't inspire confidence if their publicity department doesn't have the technical savvy to use the correct units. O-level education, you mean? In 'media studies' or some such. Or 'Fine Art'. ;-) Cheers, T i m History of art is probaly the least taxing degree course ever, if you have the ability to memorise .. Do you actually need to be able to tell one picture from another, and notice when pictures are similar or different in style? That's a bit hard for some of us. No, I dont think so. I think you get a degree for being blonde with nice tits. -- "If you dont read the news paper, you are un-informed. If you read the news paper, you are mis-informed." Mark Twain |
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On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 13:43:20 UTC+1, T i m wrote:
On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:06:07 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 27/09/17 12:44, T i m wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:05:30 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:48:14 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: snip O-level education, you mean? In 'media studies' or some such. Or 'Fine Art'. ;-) Cheers, T i m History of art is probaly the least taxing degree course ever, if you have the ability to memorise .. Quite, along with a lot of how we often 'judge' peoples abilities, especially in the 'education system' these days. ;-( Yes we still use exam results for such things. Giving a positive bias to those who happen to be able to remember stuff over those who can do stuff is a form of prejudice IMHO. So what's wrong with that ? I understand in the states, ordinary blue collar workers re given much more respect than they are over here with our pompous, elitist (and generally bogus) viewpoint on what is actually important or valuable IS that why nurses are worth half of a MP ? (salery wise) lets see how long does it take to train each. (with 'celebrity' being a classic example of the worst of that). They and others just over-value them that's all. It will be interesting to see who are begging for food and who are able to do something 'practical' to earn their keep. ;-) and who is the strongest. |
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On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 13:30:43 UTC+1, whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 26 September 2017 20:48:07 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote: solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm At a rough calculation I estimate that 1% of the UK would need to be covered by these farms to generate enough for the 27 million households in the UK Each household should have PV on the roof. And commercial buildings. |
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Huge wrote: On 2017-09-27, Tim Streater wrote: [21 lines snipped] I am minded to wonder how it goes with aspiring physics students these days, if the exams are supposed to have been dumbed down. You can't dumb down reality, so you can't dumb down degree-level physics. Must make it even harder when they get there. Isn't that why some courses are now 4 years, so the Uni can spend the first year teaching the students what they already knew when they arrived, in years gone by? in years goneby, our second year course in one particular subject began with words" Since you've all got A-Level Chemistry, I'll start from there." I had never done any chemistry, A or O. I had to learn fast! -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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On 27/09/2017 17:30, harry wrote:
On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 13:30:43 UTC+1, whisky-dave wrote: On Tuesday, 26 September 2017 20:48:07 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote: solar farm with its own battery storage and no FITs ... http://anesco.co.uk/clayhill-uks-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm At a rough calculation I estimate that 1% of the UK would need to be covered by these farms to generate enough for the 27 million households in the UK Each household should have PV on the roof. And commercial buildings. Even if the roof faces the 'wrong' way? They were saying that about urban windmills a few years back - that worked well! -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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In message , Tim Streater
writes In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: 'No, I replied 'O-level Physics'. It contuinues to amaze me how much we learnt then for O levels, which isn't even studied at degree level these days. Notwithstanding that, it was noticeable when I got to Uni to do Physics, how much harder the course content was than even A-level Physics. Much, much harder. Did you get to get to repeat Millikans experiment? I think my group were a bit overenthusiastic with the oil puffer and we didn't get any worthwhile results let alone determine the electron charge. -- Tim Lamb |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 27/09/17 13:39, Roger Hayter wrote: The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 27/09/17 12:44, T i m wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:05:30 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:48:14 +0100, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Chris Hogg wrote: On 26 Sep 2017 22:24:55 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote: Harry Bloomfield wrote: '...10MW of solar PV co-located with 5 energy storage units totalling 6MW.' That last bit quoted above makes no sense at all, the 6MW part, unless they mean it can discharge at the 6MW rate. In which case what is the capacity of the storage in watt/hours? I think they mean 6MWh. A rough ballpark is 1MWh per 40' container, and their aerial photo shows five, so that's about right. You may be right, but it doesn't inspire confidence if their publicity department doesn't have the technical savvy to use the correct units. O-level education, you mean? In 'media studies' or some such. Or 'Fine Art'. ;-) Cheers, T i m History of art is probaly the least taxing degree course ever, if you have the ability to memorise .. Do you actually need to be able to tell one picture from another, and notice when pictures are similar or different in style? That's a bit hard for some of us. No, I dont think so. I think you get a degree for being blonde with nice tits. I've never really understood the parable of the talents. -- Roger Hayter |
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