This white paper is the result of our analysis of the cost advantages of the LFTR design architecture that we have chosen.<\/p>\n
1-The LFTR Pwr Generator and Cost-Effectiveness<\/a><\/p>\n Many Renewable Energy Arguments are predicated on AGW…These are 10 failures to which we pay attention: \u00a010 Failures<\/a> – 1 Apr 2011<\/p>\n W I N D \u00a0 E N E R G Y \u00a0 C O S T S<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Gresham’s Law of Green Energy<\/a><\/p>\n This following excerpt from the Cato Institute\u2019s Policy Analysis No. 280, \u201cRenewable Energy:\u00a0 \u2018Not Cheap, Not \u201cGreen\u2019\u201d of 27 August 1997, analyzes the Problems of Wind Power as \u2018the cost of generating electricity from wind remains stubbornly uneconomical in an increasingly competitive electricity market.\u201d<\/p>\n Cato Inst. Problems with Wind Power<\/a><\/p>\n The most common wind energy question deals with the cost of wind electricity.\u00a0 Estimates provided by wind industry enterprise, U.S. federal and state agencies and contractors, as well as the media understate the true cost and ignore the fact of wind electricity\u2019s low value.\u00a0 The true financial wind electricity cost is huge compared to other generating sources.\u00a0 Wind electricity cost should not be compared with the cost of electricity from reliable generating sources.\u00a0 This paper by Glenn R. Schleede sets out to analyze \u201csix points critical to an accurate understanding of the high true cost \/ low value of wind electricity.\u201d<\/p>\n Wind Electricity Value<\/a><\/p>\n Wind generated electricity must have back-up capacity that\u2019s required to deliver electricity to consumers when wind supply is falling short.\u00a0 To have backup generators ramp up or down causes extra efficiency loss.\u00a0 How much efficiency is lost plus how much extra fuel\u2019s required is the purpose of this paper by K. de Groot & C. le Pair.\u00a0 They find that based on the Germans\u2019 23 GW of installed wind power, it is doubtful whether wind energy results in any fuel savings and CO2<\/sub> emission reduction.<\/p>\n Efficiency & Fuel required by Wind Electricity<\/a><\/p>\n An Engineering News Online (SA) columnist makes a stark recommendation:\u00a0 \u201cIn fact, it is my opinion that all grid-related wind energy projects should be cancelled immediately.\u00a0 There is currently talk of paying a subsidy to the producers of wind-generated electricity of something like six times the actual selling price of electricity in South Africa.\u00a0 Imagine buying a pair of shoes for R 600 and then reselling them for R 100 in the interests of the people of South Africa.\u00a0 The people of South Africa would be paying the \u2018missing R 500.\u201d<\/p>\n Wind as magic wand<\/a><\/p>\n This 4 Oct 10 Boston Herald news story investigates the cost of Cape Wind, an off-shore wind farm near Hyannisport, Cape Cod for the energy consumers of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n Boston Herald says…<\/a><\/p>\n How much will they have to pay again…?<\/a><\/p>\n Consumption of electricity accounts for about 39% of all energy use in the United States.\u00a0 We expect electricity to be reliable, affordable, and secure, which is made difficult because supply and demand must be kept in continuous balance.\u00a0 Unlike the water supply, large-scaled electrical power can\u2019t be stored \u2013 except behind hydroelectric dams.\u00a0 Large wind turbines don\u2019t produce energy until wind speeds reach 5-6 mph and are shut down for safety approaching 55 mph.\u00a0 They produce their Rated Capacity at 29-35 mph.\u00a0 No one can be sure how much of their energy will be available at 4:00PM tomorrow, much less next week, or next month.\u00a0 This represents a major problem for the electrical power distribution grid.<\/p>\n How Hard Will Wind Work?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Scotland has outlawed new nuclear plants once the two remaining ones have been shuttered, soon. \u00a0In the meantime, however, the Scots are having problems with their Big Wind projects:<\/p>\n The Scottish Experience<\/a><\/p>\n Denmark’s Center for Politiske Studier put out an analysis of the Danish experience with wind power.\u00a0 Denmark generates the equivalent of about 19% of its electricity demand with wind turbines, but wind power contributes far less than 19% of the Nation\u2019s electricity demand.\u00a0 The claim that Denmark derives about 20% of its electricity from wind overstates matters:\u00a0 Being highly intermittent, wind power has recently (2006) met as little as 5% of Denmark\u2019s annual electricity consumption with an average over the last five years of 9.7%.<\/p>\n 1__The Danish Experience<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cEconomic impacts from the promotion of renewable energies:\u00a0 The German experience \u2013 Final Report\u201d was published by Rheinisch-Westfalische Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung.\u00a0 \u2018The allure of an environmentally behign, abundant, and cost-effective energy source has led an increasing number of industrialized countries to back public financing of renewable energies\u2026We argue that German renewable energy policy, and in particular the adopted feed-in tariff scheme, has failed to harness the market incentives needed to ensure a viable and cost-effective introduction of renewable energies into the country\u2019s energy portfolio.\u201d\u00a0 This report set out \u00a0the Institut’s bases for this conclusion.<\/p>\n 1__The German Experience<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n This research paper, \u201cStudy of the effectives on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources\u201d, by G.C. Alvarez, R. M. Jara, J. R. R. Julian, and J. I. G. Bielsa of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos was considered so controversial by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (although it only covered the Spanish Experience in its scope of research) that it put out a hasty response to it as a protest.\u00a0 \u201cEurope\u2019s current policy and strategy for supporting the so-called \u2018green jobs\u2019 or renewable energy dates back to 1997, and has become one of the principal justifications for U.S. \u2018green jobs\u2019 proposals.\u00a0 Yet an examination of Europe\u2019s experience reveals these policies to be terribly economically counterproductive.\u201d\u00a0 This report sets out to provide the extensive analysis that leads Dr. Alvarez and his colleagues to this conclusion.<\/p>\n 1__The Spanish Experience<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How Solar PhotoVoltaic cell generate electricity.<\/p>\n How Solar PV Works<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Florida, with its bounty of sun-soaked land, might be left behind in the great solar race.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that Florida isn\u2019t a player in solar energy.\u00a0 Overall, Florida ranks fifth in the nation for its total grid-connected solar capacity.<\/p>\n Money is stopping it,\u201d said Nancy argenziano, chairwoman of the Florida Public Service Commission\u2026To be sure, solar energy is not cheap.\u00a0 It costs utility companies nearly 70% more than coal and gas, and personal equipment still requires a hefty investment from businesses and homeowners.\u00a0 Such \u2018market factor\u2019 have hindered the industry\u2019s growth\u2026<\/p>\n in Sunny Florida, USA…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n To maintain a global population in a condition resembling a modern 21st<\/sup> Century standard of living will require an installed electrical generating capacity of at least 3 to 5 kilowatts per capita.\u00a0 Today, only the United States, Japan, and a few countries of western Europe even approximate this level of generating capacity.<\/p>\n Could solar or wind power possible address the world electricity deficit?<\/p>\n Is There A Match-up?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN used to be a great magazine.\u00a0 Now, it\u2019s become a shameless, uncritical cheerleader for a world run on renewable energy.<\/p>\n The authors premise is this: In order to free ourselves from fossil fuels and nuclear power, theauthors postulate, all we need to do over the next 20 years is build the following:<\/p>\n \u00a7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 490,000 tidal turbines of 1 megawatt apiece (<1 percent of which are now in place).<\/p>\n \u00a7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5,350 geothermal plants of 100 MW (< 2 percent in place).<\/p>\n \u00a7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 900 hydroelectric dams of 1300 MW (70 percent in place),<\/p>\n \u00a7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3,800,000 windmills of 5 MW (1 percent in place).<\/p>\n \u00a7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 720,000 wave converters (ocean turbines driven by waves rather than the tide), 0.75 MW (< 1 percent in place).<\/p>\n \u00a7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,700,000,000 rooftop solar voltaic systems, 0.003 MW (< 1 percent in place).<\/p>\n \u00a7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 49,000 solar thermal plants (mirror arrays that heat a fluid), 300 MW (< 1 percent in place).<\/p>\n \u00a7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40,000 photovoltaic power plants (sunlight directly into electricity), 300 MW (<1 percent in place).<\/p>\n ….Something called density of energy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Society depends heavily on fossil fuels.\u00a0 Unfortunately, fossil fuels are not a sustainable energy source and the possibility of a fuel shortage is quickly becoming a reality.\u00a0 Scientists and developers have been looking toward renewable energy sources, such as solar thermal energy, to replace fossil fuels.<\/p>\n ‘But’s’ of Solar Thermal…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n With more than 10 months of sun a year and vast tracts of desert, Arizona is seemingly ideal for solar power, aside from the fact that solar isn\u2019t cost-competitive with conventional fuels.\u00a0 So, in a preview of the \u201crenewable portfolio standard\u201d that Democrats want to impose nationwide in the U.S., the state mandated that utilities produce 15% of their electricity from green sources by 2025.\u00a0 Scores of solar projects are thus under review by federal and state regulators, with some of the applications fast-tracked so developers can qualify for tax credits in the stimulus.<\/p>\n Solar Farms For Nevada, USA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n It is not always about capital expenditure.\u00a0 There is more than enough capital expenditure crowding its way hurriedly into Consolidated Solar Power projects in remote arid areas of South Africa.\u00a0 But South Africa has this other problem\u2026<\/p>\n Scarcer than coal or oil…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n This white paper is the result of our analysis of the cost advantages of the LFTR design architecture that we have chosen. 1-The LFTR Pwr Generator and 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