Prices of the electricity we use to charge
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Looks like China is well ahead once again.
Let's hope RR, who are still only in the design stages, can match China's undoubted ability with nuclear power. I can't help thinking they'll find that more than a little tough to achieve, especially with so many other competitors too, some like the Chinese with previous nuclear power experience.
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Our council did a "investment" option to install solar panels on local schools, buy in started at £50 & a fair whack (three hundred thousand ish) was invested at 5% ROI (from memory) who pays the local school energy bills? Logic dictates local Council or GOV (cough Ponzi) .
However with a few councils filing section 114 &, of which some made "good intentions" investments in solar/renewables and other questionable "schemes" I passed, although I will keep an eye on the local press etc to see how this pans out over the next few years. I can't say there was enough due diligence and the terms where a little light imo. @Nealh
However with a few councils filing section 114 &, of which some made "good intentions" investments in solar/renewables and other questionable "schemes" I passed, although I will keep an eye on the local press etc to see how this pans out over the next few years. I can't say there was enough due diligence and the terms where a little light imo. @Nealh
Possible, but to what point? An all Chinese one would probably be cheaper and perhaps better, given their extensive nuclear power experience.
It's on occasions like this that I think of trains, jet engines, hovercraft, first ever nuclear power station, all British firsts and businesses largely lost to others.
Failing to sufficiently exploit our advances is perhaps our most notable skill of recent centuries.
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Tesla makes their cars in China and soon in Mexico and India, RR makes money on servicing so why not manufacture in China?
Nothing wrong intrinsically, but I question whether British SMRs are the right product, competing with and making alongside the market leader in their own back yard.
Would you make a British designed pedelec hub motor in Suzhou and then try to compete with it, or just buy one of Suzhou's Bafang motors instead?
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We'll see.
I still remember 1955 and the promise I listened to of nuclear electricity so cheap they wouldn't bother to bill anyone.
Now we have Hinckley Point and EDF guaranteed doubled going prices for everything it produces.
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China has production cost of its nuclear power at around 5.5 us cents per KWH. SMRs are supposed to keep production cost low so I have high hope that it'll be true.
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That can't happen here, because of the greedy profiteering running rampant in our energy markets.
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Sounds good, and I hope it works out. 2,880kWh would last me about 9 months. All going to plan, if Derril Water solar park gets built and becomes operational late summer 2024, you will have pre-paid all or part of your electricity bill for the next 40 years for £3,000? If enough individuals/households don't invest and they have to borrow to complete the project, might the promised 2,880kWh a year be reduced? Can they add costs? What protections are there for this sort of investment scheme? Will the government refund you if Derril Water solar park doesn't get built?
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It does indeed cost 60,000 Canadian dollars. Two separate customers provided documents and part number to show it. One of the customers, like you, didn't believe it, so she checked it with three different dealers and she contacted Hyundai head office to confirm, who also gave the same part number and price even though, at the same time, they said there was a mistake with the other guy.
Didn't you watch the video you linked? All the actual documents were there to view. This isn't the anti ev brigade. It's two loyal customers and Hyundai head office providing the info.
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It sounds too good to be true. That's 115,000 units at 2.6p per unit. Are there any additional costs?
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depends where you are they can charge what they like same as bosch as can bus locked and without the software to pair it to the cars computer it wont work same as every other part connected to it and apple crap.
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there wont be any classic electric cars unless the software is cracked and cheap diy replacement can be sourced.
bosch wont even sell bearings let alone a bms or motor controller and even if they did without the software to pair it there useless
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now you know as well as me a batt of that size does not cost that much to make no where near but as it is a hyper car they can charge what they like as the ppl that buy these things dont care.
he has ripped out the hole hybrid system as the rnd and cost to fix it is not worth the hassle, plus will save a load of waight and make it one of the fastest p1s in the world, until the motor blows up
and other super cars that have fuel cells have to replaced every 5 years and will cost 100k. and to just look at it in a box in ur front room will cost 50k per year.
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I think it would. The current SMR plan from RR does not mention cooperation with China but we know by experience that it would be inevitable. There are too many competitors vying for contracts, cooperation with other countries or companies is necessary. China has the production capability in Gen4 cores. They recently proved this in their helium cooling high pressure reactor.
If you source the core from China, you can build a new nuclear station in as little as 3 years.
RR can build the heat exchanger and the turbine.
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There is no FSCS protection it is an invetment punt so like any other, one only invests what they can afford to lose . The farms are co-op owned by the investors and managed by Ripple.
Big buisness and bank lending is part of the package, the more public involvement means less borrowing and interest re-payments. Derril Water is the third project and proposed connection to the grid is later next Summer/early Autumn.
Project #4 another solar farm has been delayed due to contracts talks with the national grid and agreeing capacity and connection issues. This project is a larger project then Derril Water.
Project #1 is a sole turbine in Wales with over 900 individuals owning and generating their electricity needs , I believe this has been in operation for about 18 months and returns have been good , some seeing a 30/40% return of investment via energy bills already.
Project #2 is a eight turbine venture in Scotland which is due to go live producing energy in early part of 2024, all turbines are up and in position. A venture owned by 5600 home owners.
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No Dave , no additional costs a one off payment. One buys the amount of electric kwh to cover their usage or up to 120% of their predicted usage. All operating /management costs are taken from monies earned from the total Mega watts of energy the farms produce as there will be some over production of energy to cover these costs.
Typically the scheme allows a 3 bed home to buy 4100 kwh of power as this is deemed the upper /higher usage amount such a household would use but one can buy in up to a 7000kwh limit , above this 7000kwh limit an owner needs to show real world bill usage . 2700kwh is deemed the average household useage.
Average take up is approx. 3000kwh/£3100 (120%) investment for those not willing to shell out over twice/three times as much for roof top installation.
I have chosen the option as already stated , my E/W elevation isn't condusive to energy production though one can split the array to even out dayight usage in the sunny months . A re - roof would be prudent first as the the house is now some 70 odd years old. The cost likely to exceed 15k so ownership of a small part of a large project positioned in a prime sun spot and direction makes a bit more sense for me.
How much generation/returns I see will only be known in the years to come, once the farm goes live.
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