tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6734677694393884321.post7500261080296650371..comments2019-05-22T08:11:46.322+01:00Comments on Wave Power Conundrums: All Energy 2016Allyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449637126649295730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6734677694393884321.post-88133932429153944962016-06-10T11:21:02.910+01:002016-06-10T11:21:02.910+01:00Presentations now available:
http://www.all-ener...Presentations now available: <br /><br />http://www.all-energy.co.uk/en/Whats-On/Conference/Presentations/Day-1/Day-1-Presentations/<br /><br />http://www.all-energy.co.uk/en/Whats-On/Conference/Presentations/Day-2/Day-2-Presentations/Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449637126649295730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6734677694393884321.post-90293087974770653522016-05-23T15:58:08.302+01:002016-05-23T15:58:08.302+01:00CORRECTIONS: The following changes have been made ...CORRECTIONS: The following changes have been made after discussions with the speakers, for which I am very grateful:<br />* The original summary of Peter Fraenkel's talk reported he had stated that for tidal turbines smaller than 4MW, there was a higher risk of not returning a profit. This did not convey his main point, which was that his calculations showed the unit sizes presently being installed (~1MW) were guaranteed not to yield a profit.<br />* Vincent Cliquet confirmed a typo on his presentation - the Open Hydro turbine installed at Paimpol was 0.5MW rather than 5MW. This was helpfully spotted by another of the speakers with whom I was corresponding.<br />* Andrew Hunt pointed out that a set of concrete gravity anchors for a typical tidal turbine has a carbon footprint of 30 000 tonnes, rather than 30 tonnes. Bizarrely, I had heard him say this - but the number was so unbelievably large that I misinterpretted this as a slip of tongue - there ought to be a word for this particular type of 'mishearing'! 8¬) Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449637126649295730noreply@blogger.com