boris1066 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 At a time when power supplies could be compromised by comrade Putin turning off the gas supply would it not be a good idea to delay the destruction of the cooling towers, scheduled for 27th July, to be delayed ? The generator was turned off months ago, by edict from the EU, so perhaps the control systems have by now gone to the recycle bin. If push comes to shove we might be grateful for a few good old coal burners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Edict from the EU, I think you will find it was RWE, not wanting to invest in its future Obs, Still spinning LIES I see 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris1066 Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 As usual you've missed the point with your myopic Euro blinkers on . It doesn't really matter who shuts what down in pursuit of emission reductions. It's just plain stupid when supplies are on a knife edge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Sorry Boris Didcot could have stayed open, blame RWE, who shut it and would not invest to keep it open, take your blinkers off, the shutting of the power station was a commercial decision in the end, yet those with blinkered vision blame the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 It was shutdown because of an EU directive. RWE had a choice, invest or closure and they chose closure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 No it was shut down by RWE, they had a choice, they choose not to invest to bring it up to date. They closed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Yes, it was shut down by RWE and yes they had a choice, the choice being comply with the EU directive or close it. So to say the EU had no input on that decision is like saying you choose not to smoke in a public place and it has nothing to do with the No Smoking policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 They made a commercial decision Wolfie, they choose to shut the power station not invest in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 ....Kije, the chose not to invest because of an EU directive or did they not? Had the EU not interfered, they would not have had to make the choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 They chose not to invest in the Power Station, and shut it, a commercial decision, when our government brings in new directives concerning businesses , Businesses have a choice invest to meet the new rules or shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 The EU brings in new directives. Our government, as it must under EU rules, implements the directives. What's wrong with that? After all we are members of the EU. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris1066 Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 As usual you've missed the point with your myopic Euro blinkers on . It doesn't really matter who shuts what down in pursuit of emission reductions. It's just plain stupid when supplies are on a knife edge. A big fire at ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire. Presumably that will entail some reduction in generation. The point I tried to make is that we can ill afford to shut things down on a Euro or any other directive/decision by a foreign power ,RWE or Putin. It's a matter of national power generation security and in the face of the crap that's going on with Russia the Government should not be allowing RWE to turn a significant power station in to a housing estate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Boris, most things when designed are designed to last for a certain amount of years, so were our power stations, are coal fired power stations had a life span of about 25 years, they are well over that age. The real problem had been lack of investment in them for years, by all governments of all colours. No body wants to pay for new, the companies that bought them at privatisation have been flogging them to death, putting profits before investing in the future, sadly energy has become a crisis as the coal fired stations cost more to keep going than they produce. It's the same with nuclear the government did not want to pay for new so has kept the old power stations running long past what they were designed to do. Diddcot shut as it cost to much to keep going, it actually should have shut years ago, it was never designed to run as long as it did. The EU have become a convenient excuse, the real culprits are our own governments over the last 25 years that have known about the looming energy production crisis but not invested, they privatised them thinking the private companies would. Sadly for the most part they did not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 No.... it shut because of the meddling EU.... ask everyone apart from you and they will agree.... Kije, you are just wrong again... if the EU hadn't brought out these stupid enviro dictats, the power stations could just carry on as they were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Didcot B was to replace Didcot A power station, the A station should have shut years ago Baz, it was built in 1968, with a 25 year life cycle, Didcot B was built in 1998 to replace it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris1066 Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 And now there's a bloody big fire at Didcot (gas fired I believe) I'm in the market for a small generator for when the lights go out this Winter. A big fire at ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire. Presumably that will entail some reduction in generation. The point I tried to make is that we can ill afford to shut things down on a Euro or any other directive/decision by a foreign power ,RWE or Putin. It's a matter of national power generation security and in the face of the crap that's going on with Russia the Government should not be allowing RWE to turn a significant power station in to a housing estate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 I just saw that about the huge fire there on the news Boris and yes they said gas fired. I knew it sounded familiar to me and I'd forgotten about this topic until you just posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Just happened to read this topic, and discovered LT Obsessing again over Obs; thought Boris had introduced this topic, and I've not even posted - think you really need help LT ! btw. have they just had a large fire at this place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Just happened to read this topic, and discovered LT Obsessing again over Obs; thought Boris had introduced this topic, and I've not even posted - think you really need help LT ! btw. have they just had a large fire at this place? What ???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Beats me too Lt K ...... strange Anyway back to Didcot ...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Your first post on this topic LT (Wish I could cut and paste!) ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Ahh I missed that when I looked before as I never thought of going right back to the very beginning Obs. I get it now although it did take you (and clearly others) 3 month to actually notice..... Anyway back to Didcot......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris1066 Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 When we get to brown outs, how do our green energy lights react ?? They are basically fluorescent's and I'm pretty sure that Fluorescent's don't strike unless they have the correct voltage. Brown outs might mean total darkness for the green conscious! Fluorescent's ( comma in the right place ?????) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 What about led lighting. I have only three flourescent tubes in the house the rest being led lights. I could get led tubes but you have to do a bit of fiddling with the wiring to get them to work as you need to remove the starter from the flourecent fitting or something like that not looked into it too deeply as they cost quite a pretty penny for one tube at the moment. so will reduced voltage affect led lights as much as flourescent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Fluorescent's ( comma in the right place ?????) No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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