sunday Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Colin said: I visited Galore Creek twice, the first time the helicopter coming to take us out, crashed killing 3 people. the 2nd time the helicopter taking us out crashed a few days later. A good day flying up there was a bad day elsewhere. They ran a 75 man camp by helicopter, with a S61 bringing in fuel. Then in an effort to speed up road building, they flew bridges and excavators in using a Mi-26. The Road survey crew needed to rappel down to where the road was supposed to go in some places. they planned on a 14km tunnel to get the slurry pipeline and access road to the mine. The place is a a money pit. Looks like the mining project with worst accessibility ever. In comparison, the Chilean mines up in the Andes look easy.
Colin Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 5 hours ago, sunday said: Looks like the mining project with worst accessibility ever. In comparison, the Chilean mines up in the Andes look easy. NW British Columbia is hard country. I didn't bother flying in helicopters up there between October and April. 80% chance the flight would be cancelled due to weather and if you did get airborne, you soon wish you didn't. Flying around Galore. We got pinned onto a saddle between two mountain peaks we had to put down on, waiting for a window to appear in the cloud cover on either side.
DB Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 Scud running is about the most dangerous aerial game you can play.
JWB Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 The wind and solar power myth has finally been exposed (msn.com)
Colin Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 21 hours ago, DB said: Scud running is about the most dangerous aerial game you can play. The joys of seeing treetops in the fog/clouds.
NickM Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 8 hours ago, JWB said: My bolshy relatives are already blaming "the West" for wanting cars run by batteries---left unsaid is why the big push for electric cars is going on.
BansheeOne Posted May 18, 2023 Posted May 18, 2023 Gas prices drop below 30 € per MWh. Given that regulations call for 75 percent of national storage capacity on 1 September, and we're currently at 71 percent, I guess we can look at next winter quite relaxed.
Ivanhoe Posted May 20, 2023 Posted May 20, 2023 https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/05/19/germanys-federal-network-agency-plans-to-ration-electricity-as-electric-power-crisis-heightens/ Quote “If it is proven that the grid could be overloaded, the distribution grid operator has the right to reduce the power,” said Klaus Müller, head of the Federal Network Agency in an interview with BR24. In other words, if it’s January and -10°C outside, your heat pump may be remotely switched off. Have blankets ready. Quote “In order to avoid delays in the connection of heat pumps and charging stations, an additional control option by the distribution grid operator is necessary, reports Blackout News. “In the end, a corresponding control means nothing other than a rationing of electricity purchases. As compensation for the affected consumers, it is envisaged that they will receive a reduction in their grid fees.” If only there were some sort of soft science that might perform inquiries into the possible relationship between supply and demand... And as we saw during the 2021 Icepocalypse in the States, we are not too far behind a rollout of the Eloi Protection Act here in the US, ensuring DC and the coastal BigBlue cities have power at the expense of flyover country.
BansheeOne Posted May 20, 2023 Posted May 20, 2023 58 minutes ago, Detonable said: Interesting. Where is the gas coming from? Norway, around 1,200 GWh per day. Via Belgium (mostly from their LNG terminals I guess), 800. Netherlands, a little below that. German LNG terminals, 200. Plus odds and ends for about 3,000 total. That's actually low - until twelve months ago, it was around 5,000, of which 1,750 directly from Russia, and another 650 via the Czech Republic. All other paths stayed largely the same; there was a pickup in transit through Switzerland to about 200 per day last year, but that has been replaced by direct LNG imports. You have to take into account that there is a bit of a gas glut now. While storage is not at the highest it has been over the last five years, it's still very comfortable after the mild winter, saving measures and demand destruction through previous high prices. Compared to previous years, it's rising very slowly, too; I think with this sort of cushion, providers are waiting for further drops in summer before they start to refill in earnest.
BansheeOne Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 Below 26 and dropping now, a two-year low. Though that's in part because Germany has just officially entered a recession with negative growth in the first quarter of 2023 again.
lucklucky Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 https://www.gazzetta.it/motori/mobilita-sostenibile/auto-elettriche/26-05-2023/alluvione-in-emilia-romagna-15-giorni-di-quarantena-per-auto-elettriche-e-ibride.shtml Hybrid and electric cars that were affected by water in the floods to remain in a "quarantine" of 15 days.
DB Posted June 1, 2023 Posted June 1, 2023 The recent electricity price rises have prompted a significant increase in home installations. These systems typically dump excess generation to the grid. When it is sunny, the UK grid overproduces, in part because a minimum traditional capacity has to remain active. The normal response is to export to Europe. However, when Europe is also overproducing... https://www.energylivenews.com/2023/05/31/uk-power-dumping-raises-concerns-over-energy-management/
Ssnake Posted June 1, 2023 Posted June 1, 2023 Maybe send the excess electricity into Ned Flanders' new home's electricity room ... has too much electricity in it, anyway.
lucklucky Posted June 2, 2023 Posted June 2, 2023 Ireland’s mooted cow massacre is a warning to net zero Britain The Irish government is reportedly looking at plans to cull around 200,000 dairy cows to meet its climate targets. It's madness https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/02/irelands-mooted-cow-massacre-warning-to-net-zero-britain/ Don't be surprised by the famine that greens will bring.
Ssnake Posted June 2, 2023 Posted June 2, 2023 No, no, don't worry ... we'll export the famine to somewhere else, as long as we can pay more for food than others.
DB Posted June 3, 2023 Posted June 3, 2023 This reminds me of the earl rail revolution. Was it "Rail mania"? https://news.sky.com/story/amp/crackdown-on-zombie-energy-projects-blocking-national-grid-to-end-squeeze-on-britains-power-supply-12894861 It was commonplace for rival railway companies to use spoiling tactics to delay or financially damage competitors. I wonder if this tactic is being used here, also.
BansheeOne Posted June 11, 2023 Posted June 11, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 10:44 PM, BansheeOne said: Gas prices drop below 30 € per MWh. Given that regulations call for 75 percent of national storage capacity on 1 September, and we're currently at 71 percent, I guess we can look at next winter quite relaxed. Hit the 75 percent mark on 1 June. At the same time, prices momentarily bottomed out at 24 €. They have been slightly rising since; I suspect providers decided that they were now low enough to really start buying, and demand increased accordingly. Possibly also a sign of beginning economic recovery after negative growth in quarters IV/2022 and I/2023.
lucklucky Posted June 12, 2023 Posted June 12, 2023 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/06/12/britain-fires-up-coal-plant-weather-too-hot-solar-panels/ Britain has started burning coal to generate electricity for the first time in a month and a half, after the heatwave made solar panels too hot to work efficiently.
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