Simon Waldman

https://fediscience.org/@simon_on_energy

Teaching & research on renewable energy with Heriot-Watt University, #Orkney. #UCU member. #Energy, #oceanography, & #academia, all in personal capacity. Born at 334ppm. (he/him)

Website & blog: https://simonwaldman.me.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simon_on_energy (but I rarely go there now)
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2024-09-30 21:42:49 GMT

The shutdown of the UK's last coal power plant this week is a major milestone, if not a terribly consequential one (because the amount of coal used in the last 4-5 years is pretty tiny).
Randall Munroe has, of course, thought to calculate something that none of the rest of us would think of...
https://xkcd.com/2992/
#energy #coal
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2024-08-25 15:33:32 GMT

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in the case of Hywind it's not about investment - as I understand things it's simply that there's no Scottish port with deep enough water for the spar buoy design. That won't change for any sensible amount of money. Hywind is a technology demonstrator, but for a fully commercial project this might be a factor in not using that particular design off Scotland! The Kincardine farm uses a different platform which needs much less water depth.