NoPEnuke

Are Gen3 nuke plants at T-punt/D-fontein the best fit for SA in 2025+? Necessary, affordable, safe, socio-eco (jobs) & enviro impact, institutional capacity?

[Howard Mortman @HowardMortman]

Biden Surprises Elton John With National Humanities Medal .. tearing up, Elton John said he was “flabbergasted and humbled.”

[SikonathiMantshantsh @SikonathiM]

Evening Peak Feedback 23/09/2022 18:32
Total demand: 29 318MW
Loadshedding: 4 683MW
Interruptible Load Supply: 450MW
Virtual Power Station: 16MW
Eskom OCGT's Utilised: 5
Renewable Gen: 1 080MW (Wind 668MW, CSP 412MW)
@Eskom_SA Avail Generation Capacity: 26 547MW
@EskomSpokesper1

[Jamin Greenbaum @JaminGreenbaum]

Hi from Antarctica! This is our field team and our airplane for the 11th year of the ICECAP aerogeophysical survey. I'm proud to be one of many collaborators from around the world. @AusAntarctic @UTGeophysics @Grantham_IC @_IPEV @Scripps_Polar @UWaterloo @cooldaff 1/5

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Rates of deforestation in the Amazon are likely to pass 20% under Jair Bolsonaro's tenure.
That comes dangerously close to a tipping-point, which scientists now place at 20-25% https://t.co/WDa7y7Hrm0"

[Rob van Gameren @VanGamerenF1]

Pure kunst, deze bijna-klapper in de Moto2 🥰 #racing

[Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ! @SANS10400]

Well, this is going to put some people out of business ..
"Energy storage system prices are expected to decline at a rate of 8% annually through 2022"
... and some energy expert's noses out of joint !

[Anne-Maria Yritys @annemariayritys]

"Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it". ~Abraham Lincoln https://t.co/CWuVhR0lEy #leadership

[Anton Eberhard @AntonEberhard]

.@koko_matshela repeats over & over that #Eskom plans to shut down old coal power stations because of renewable energy IPPs. He is wrong, of course. Eskom planned these closures long before REIPPP, as shown e.g. in the decommissioning column in the IRP electricity plan of 2010

[Chris Yelland @chrisyelland]

Because shutting down old, dirty, thirsty, inefficient, expensive, non-compliant, end-of-life coal plants has been on the cards & planned by @Eskom_SA for years & has nothing to do with REIPPP. See schedule of plants to be shut down in IRP 2010, 8 y ago, before REIPPP started. https://t.co/5yErmImuqf

[Jan Haverkamp @janhaverkamp]

Bulgarian government taking weird steps: Belene will cost more than >10 Bln€ and still stand in a seismic active area. Nationality of investor will not change anything about that. If CNNC bites, it will not have an economic but political agenda. Another Trojan horse story? https://t.co/faLKoTxxLH

[Anton Eberhard @AntonEberhard]

Do you really want to quote discredited global warming skeptics, @koko_matshela ? Travel more. See the world. It’s changing fast. Nuclear is moribund. Coal is in trouble. Even inflexible CCGTs. The future is all about low cost renewables + flexible resources. New economic reality https://t.co/mK3t1vaS6x

[Hartmut Winkler (X-iting to bluesky) @hawiknowledge1]

Nuclear lobbyist @GaopalelweBigG sending tweets from Adler, Russia (see location given in original tweet in timeline), insulting people instead of answering a simple question:

Who is paying for your trip to Russia? https://t.co/qF4LQ2Phqj

[Chris Yelland @chrisyelland]

Top @Eskom_SA scientist Mark van der Riet, was suspended by @koko_matshela after rejecting substandard coal from the Gupta's Tegeta Brakfontein coliery. Koko suspended Van der Riet, over-ruled him, & allowed the substandard Tegeta coal to continue. Van der Riet now reinstated.

[OUTA @OUTASA]

@SAFCEI @PEnukeno @justenergySA @kuminaidoo @Earthlife_JHB @Act4EcoJustice @makomaphil Can't believe it's a year already?Once again, WELL DONE to all who fought this so bravely for such a long time.

[Safcei @SAFCEI]

Today is the anniversary of when civil society stopped the corrupt nuclear deal in court! We’re so happy we got to mark the occasion by celebrating the leaders of the campaign this week.

Onwards to a just energy future! @OUTASA @PEnukeno @justenergySA @kuminaidoo @Earthlife_JHB

[Prof Thuli Madonsela #KindnessBuilds @ThuliMadonsela3]

With due respect to the court, I consider this judgement to be grossly unjust and inequitable. It is as a setback regarding social justice. Should this matter be taken on appeal, it would be great if all those concerned about social justice join in as amicus curae. https://t.co/cb6GfNIvAL

[Safcei @SAFCEI]

Amadiba Crisis Committee is taking the Dept of Mineral Resources to court, requesting that it rules no licence to mine the area can be granted without the community’s consent. These photos give a voice to a community at risk of being destroyed for profit: https://t.co/FN4NiDKrpE

[Safcei @SAFCEI]

SAFCEI stands with the Amadiba Crisis Committee and its #Right2SayNo! -> https://t.co/RbmeLfokCJ @StopCorpPower

[Safcei @SAFCEI]

Congrats to Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid on winning the 2018 @goldmanprize for South Africa! Learn how they stopped the South African government’s massive secret #nuclear deal: https://t.co/sf83YYm7bh

[NoPEnuke @PEnukeno]

Awesome achievement @makomaphil & @Act4EcoJustice one day when we grow up we want to be like you!! Thank you for leading the way!! @Earthlife_JHB @SAFCEI @thyspunt @NuclearFreeSA @Greenpeaceafric @hawiknowledge1 https://t.co/6DIDeMTS3k

[Safcei @SAFCEI]

Congrats to Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid on winning the 2018 @goldmanprize for South Africa! Learn how they stopped the South African government’s massive secret #nuclear deal: https://t.co/sf83YYm7bh