I thought renewables meant job losses and economic failure, just like we’ve seen in China?
peareauxThoughts on
It’s going to cost a lot to link up the dispersed wind and solar farms to the grid. That’s why this “investment” is needed. It’d be a lot cheaper to wire up some gas plants that don’t need to be miles out to sea.
You can argue this is a necessary cost, but a cost it remains.
iMatthew1990 on
I’m currently in the process of applying to join National Grid waiting to hear back with an assessment day after completing my online assessment. I’m being made redundant from my role in Openreach and I pray with every fibre of my being I get the job. It not only seems a really good company to work for (from those I’ve spoke to) but it’s clear Electricity is the future more than it’s ever been.
whydidntyousay on
Thing is people don’t understand the scale of the problem, once you’ve been to a coal plant or wood burner as they do now you realise the scale of electricity produced by a power station. Drax has 6 units producing around 500mw each although I’ve seen them produce more. . They build a nice waste to energy which I believe isn’t any better for the environment and the big ones produce around 68mw. Plus the jobs when the place is running and then increase in summer outages. It all is skilled work. I agree that it isn’t sustainable, but the issue is a lack of investment for easily 30 years, nukes should of been built a long time ago, hopefully this government will get the ball rolling. If we didn’t switch to LED lighting amongst other things or were all driving electric cars, we would be having massive issues with supply now. I just hope the government owns the stations so the people benefit from the profits like the french do.
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I thought renewables meant job losses and economic failure, just like we’ve seen in China?
It’s going to cost a lot to link up the dispersed wind and solar farms to the grid. That’s why this “investment” is needed. It’d be a lot cheaper to wire up some gas plants that don’t need to be miles out to sea.
You can argue this is a necessary cost, but a cost it remains.
I’m currently in the process of applying to join National Grid waiting to hear back with an assessment day after completing my online assessment. I’m being made redundant from my role in Openreach and I pray with every fibre of my being I get the job. It not only seems a really good company to work for (from those I’ve spoke to) but it’s clear Electricity is the future more than it’s ever been.
Thing is people don’t understand the scale of the problem, once you’ve been to a coal plant or wood burner as they do now you realise the scale of electricity produced by a power station. Drax has 6 units producing around 500mw each although I’ve seen them produce more. . They build a nice waste to energy which I believe isn’t any better for the environment and the big ones produce around 68mw. Plus the jobs when the place is running and then increase in summer outages. It all is skilled work. I agree that it isn’t sustainable, but the issue is a lack of investment for easily 30 years, nukes should of been built a long time ago, hopefully this government will get the ball rolling. If we didn’t switch to LED lighting amongst other things or were all driving electric cars, we would be having massive issues with supply now. I just hope the government owns the stations so the people benefit from the profits like the french do.