House Dem. Energy plan

[electricpete]

Here is a link to energy plan presented by House Democrats

http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1560&Itemid=1

Note there is link to summary and full text at the bottom of the page.

Doing text-search of the full document, I find very few references to nuclear.

I conclude that this represents a continuiation status quo regarding energy policy act of 2005 which provided for incentives/loans for the first round of nuke plants. i.e. neither an increase in incentives etc from what is already in place legislatively. Would you agree?

I also noticed something about developing incentives for fossils and nukes to somehow use or recover waste heat rejected. I'm trying to imagine what kind of technology would be used there. Any ideas?







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[eyec]

I also noticed something about developing incentives for fossils and nukes to somehow use or recover waste heat rejected. I'm trying to imagine what kind of technology would be used there. Any ideas?

topping turbines?? mini-HRSGs?? chillers??



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[electricpete]

Yes, that makes sense. I guess most things that increase efficiency would reduce waste heat generation per output.

It just struck me as odd that they would focus on heat rejection rather than efficiency. It makes it sound as if there some concern about contributing to global warming based on the heat rejected in power plant condensors or something.

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[eyec]

it sure beats new source review!

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[HamishMcTavish]

CHP? see

http://www.chpa.co.uk/

regards, HM

No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary - William of Occam

 

[gmax137]

"It makes it sound as if there some concern about contributing to global warming based on the heat rejected in power plant condensors or something."

I see this misconception frequently in blog arguments from anti-nukes.

 

[racookpe1978]

The 'democrat" (socialist) energy plan is pure propaganda, only issued to send money to their supporters in research and academia.

The overall intent is to destroy the US economy by throttling future energy development of anything but the "exotic/inefficient/low power/no payback" but ecologically-popular methods.

 

[electricpete]

The press release linked in this thread: thread466-238825 said that a new strategy for nuclear fuel storage/disposal would be addressed in the new budget plan. Does anyone see anything about that in the democratic plan?

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