Professor Simon Michaux’s Report Sounds The Death Knell On RenewablesThere aren’t enough Minerals/Metals, and there never will be, for a wind/solar/battery-powered worldOct 2, 2022Oct 2, 2022
A précis of the international advance of GE Hitach’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR)As of 19 March 2022Mar 19, 2022Mar 19, 2022
Will Fund Managers advise Clients to ‘Follow the Money’ when Cost-of-Capital for Nuclear Power is…Advanced nuclear power plants, in the form of small modular reactors (SMRs) are the future of nuclear power.Feb 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022
5SCOE tells of the insanity of investing in Solar PV, in temperate zones, compared to investing in…In the UK, the capacity factor of solar pv is 10.7%. That’s equivalent to getting not-fit-for-purpose electricity delivered for 2 hours and…Feb 10, 2022Feb 10, 2022
Feculent LCOE Move Over: 5SCOE tells an incontrovertible story anyone can understand.Tell a LCOE provider the answer you want and they’ll arrange the inputs to give you just that.Feb 6, 2022Feb 6, 2022
BBC: The anti-nuclear propaganda machine. Chronicles of Complaining!Should a Public Service Broadcaster, funded by License Fees, have ‘internally-derived’ agendas? That is: Should it ‘Propagandise’…Oct 18, 2021Oct 18, 2021
In 2020, wind and solar power plants (WASPPs) generated ~79 TWh of intermittent electricity.Gas-fired backup plant ‘turn’ this intermittent electricity into usable 24/7/365 electricity. The overnight capital cost (OCC) + fuel cost…Aug 21, 2021Aug 21, 2021
In 2020, ~38 GW of WASPPs, with gas-fired backup, generated ~79 TWh of 24/7 365 electricity.At what overnight capital cost (OCC) and Fuel cost per MWh?Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021
UK 2050: “When the wind don’t blow and the Sun don’t shine” ~ What will backup wind and solar power…All fossil fuel burning will ‘disappear’ from electricity generation by 2050. It has to be greenH2-fuelled gas turbines as the least-worst…Aug 17, 2021Aug 17, 2021