ESB goes green in €22bn spend on renewable energy

[Clones Road Casual]

Carbon capture is similarly a short term solution, although a better one than nuclear. You named two countries that are considering nuclear. I would discount how serious one of those is, although I will grant you that there is one or two other players, most notably in scandanavia. The grid is not being designed for nuclear in an EU context.

[joel]

Carbon capture is similarly a short term solution, although a better one than nuclear. You named two countries that are considering nuclear. I would discount how serious one of those is, although I will grant you that there is one or two other players, most notably in scandanavia. The grid is not being designed for nuclear in an EU context.

Does every country in the EU have a Nuclear program then? - because according to these jokers they should have.

[wombat]

Carbon capture is similarly a short term solution, although a better one than nuclear.

The technology has not yet been developed, ESB's plans are for the next 20 years which is quite a short time when you're talking about replacing power plants. McManus also said that after 2030, we will have to look again at nuclear.
I am not convinced that we should build a nuclear station, not because of fear of the technology or of storing nuclear waste but because it could become a white elephant if we find a major gas field offshore. As I said, gas turbines have the advantage of being able to respond immediately to fluctuating demand and would be the ideal mix with windpower if we had a secure supply. However, if you really want to eliminate CO2 emissions, the combination has to be wind and nuclear.

[expat girl]

No-one has mentioned peak uranium yet... the real reason we shouldn't go nuclear. With everyone else, including our closest neighbour, taking this route (now that Operation Enduring Cheap Petrol has gone t*ts up), peak uranium will come closer. Which means, knowing our luck, that we'd be just after turning our plant on when the prices go through the roof. The ESB are, amoungst that 22billion, improving the interconnections between our grid and that of the UK; let them take the risk!!... oh yes, and there's the sea level rise risk... most nuclear stations are built near sea level for optimum access to vast amounts of coolant, but I wouldn't like to see what would happen if one flooded.