Claverton Group » Nuclear energy http://www.claverton-energy.com Elite Energy, Environment & Tranporation Experts Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:55:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Is nuclear power flexible, does it have load following capability? http://www.claverton-energy.com/is-nuclear-power-flexible-does-it-have-load-following-capability.html http://www.claverton-energy.com/is-nuclear-power-flexible-does-it-have-load-following-capability.html#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:25:26 +0000 admin http://www.claverton-energy.com/?p=3945 http://www.claverton-energy.com/is-nuclear-power-flexible-does-it-have-load-following-capability.html/feed 4 Load following / flexibility of nuclear power generation http://www.claverton-energy.com/load-following-flexibility-of-nuclear-power-generation.html http://www.claverton-energy.com/load-following-flexibility-of-nuclear-power-generation.html#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:46:28 +0000 admin http://www.claverton-energy.com/?p=3944 http://www.claverton-energy.com/load-following-flexibility-of-nuclear-power-generation.html/feed 0 Nuclear power output is flexible and therefore capable of load following http://www.claverton-energy.com/nuclear-power-is-flexible-in-its-output.html http://www.claverton-energy.com/nuclear-power-is-flexible-in-its-output.html#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:57:36 +0000 admin http://www.claverton-energy.com/?p=3521 http://www.claverton-energy.com/nuclear-power-is-flexible-in-its-output.html/feed 1 How quickly can nuclear and wind generation be built, and how expensive / cheap is it compared to wind energy? http://www.claverton-energy.com/how-quickly-can-nuclear-and-wind-generation-be-built-and-how-expensive-cheap-is-it-compared-to-wind-energy.html http://www.claverton-energy.com/how-quickly-can-nuclear-and-wind-generation-be-built-and-how-expensive-cheap-is-it-compared-to-wind-energy.html#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:43:04 +0000 admin http://www.claverton-energy.com/?p=3515 > Nuclear may be cheap to run; I have no expertise in that area. But >> it is brutally expensive and slow to build. Paul M wrote: > £1270 a kilowatt according to MIT and £6/MWh to run The main problem there being that you can't contract MIT to build a nuclear plant for you at that price. If you ask the people who *can* build you a plant, they'll give you a build price quite a lot higher than that. As Florida Power & Light (ca. £4000/kW), and Canada (£5000+/kW) have recently found out. And nuclear build costs continue to escalate: when countries start competing for limited supply capacity, and industry bottlenecks squeeze tighter, costs will rise further. ]]> http://www.claverton-energy.com/how-quickly-can-nuclear-and-wind-generation-be-built-and-how-expensive-cheap-is-it-compared-to-wind-energy.html/feed 0 Professor David Elliot, Open University criticises New Labour Policy On Nuclear Energy http://www.claverton-energy.com/professor-david-elliot-open-university-criticises-new-labour-policy-on-energy.html http://www.claverton-energy.com/professor-david-elliot-open-university-criticises-new-labour-policy-on-energy.html#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:42:20 +0000 admin http://www.claverton-energy.com/?p=3483 http://www.claverton-energy.com/professor-david-elliot-open-university-criticises-new-labour-policy-on-energy.html/feed 2