Hello all
The Energy Systems of the Future (ESYS) project yesterday
released their report on the role of future baseload
generators in Europe. Baseload is a proxy for large,
capital intensive, relatively inflexible generators that require
high full‑load hours to be profitable, namely: nuclear fission,
natural gas, geothermal energy, and nuclear fusion. Here is a
short summary in english:
And in German:
The report itself (which are often translated into english after
several months):
The underlying modeling was black‑box. For which there is also a report about to be published.
Disclosure (or should that be disclaimer), my wife Berit worked on the report just cited.
And while I am here, if you have ever wondered about n–1 security, here is an example from my homeland:
Maintenance contractors removed all the nuts holding three of the
legs of a live 220kV transmission tower .. and it fell over and
tripped an HVAC branch circuit supplying the far north of the
country.
cheers, Robbie
-- Robbie Morrison Address: Schillerstrasse 85, 10627 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49.30.612-87617