@ItalianExplore2@dorfman_p Index linked to 2012!
Get a clue yourself.
EDF said the cost of the new nuclear power station in Somerset could hit as much as £46bn, up from £18bn in 2015 prices, as it pushed the completion date to 2029 at the earliest (prob 2031).
Who coulda guessed?
https://t.co/jP8Itprh75
@ItalianExplore2@dorfman_p "Today the cost is estimated at between £31bn and £34bn, with completion not before 2029 and possibly not until 2031".
Laugh it up - sucker!
https://t.co/e2xV16ZiJ7
@Theranello@jasonhickel There's no 'limit' to the scale aquaponics can be done at... and like many technologies I daresay it would get cheaper to do at scale. And as I said, it takes much less water (& land space), than farming those 'vegetables' on open soil... land which could be re-wilded instead.🤷♂️
@ItalianExplore2@dorfman_p UK has just over 1 million solar PV installations & in January at midday over 10% of the UK's total demand for electricity, is coming from solar.
Now imagine 28 million installations.
Every home that goes solar + batteries becomes a net surplus generator.
https://t.co/R1ScwuAv6H
@ItalianExplore2@dorfman_p Total UK demand is 35GW/hour
28 million homes with FREE electricity is a big problem for the legacy energy corps - like EVs are a big problem for legacy ICE manufacturers.
Electrifying heating & transport is more difficult & will require both domestic PV & all other renewables.
@ItalianExplore2@dorfman_p 112GW of PV is based on all 28 million households in the UK having a 4kw PV kit on their roof & battery storage.
Obvs some won't be able to for one reason or another.
It is for illustrative purposes.
@ItalianExplore2@dorfman_p Funny, I have a 1kw solar PV kit + 5kwh of lithium batteries.
I get 1000kwh a year from it & use all of that without exporting to the grid.
At today's UK prices that's about £500 worth of electricity a year.
The kit paid for itself in 3 years & it's all FREE electric now.🤔
@ItalianExplore2 P.S. that replacement system in 25yrs time (paid for by surpluses), means that after 4 years (paying for the original array), I would have FREE electricity forever, replacing the PV every 25 yrs with money saved from surpluses exported to the grid.
"Renewables"🖖🖖🖖
@ItalianExplore2 I have a small 800w offgrid system with 5kwh batteries & have reduced my electricity demand from the grid by 30% in a year. A grid tied system 5x as big would leave me in credit exporting more than I use (surplus which pays for a replacement system in 25yrs time).
@ItalianExplore2 28 million PV X 4kw = 112GW peak
EDF nuke is 3.2GW x 2 = 6.4GW peak
So 17.5 X more PV peak
Even if you divide by 3 = 5.8 X more PV peak
Include batteries & there's no interuption of supply at night.
See? Simple maths.