http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/01/01/285 A critical appraisal of issues in the move to a low-carbon economy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:39:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/01/01/285/comment-page-1#comment-2595 Carbon Commentary · The wider lessons from nuclear power cost inflation Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:42:50 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/?p=285#comment-2595 [...] a few years ago. This is no surprise and even this blog predicted such figures early this year (see here and here). The continued problems at the new Finnish nuclear power station raise the strong [...] [...] a few years ago. This is no surprise and even this blog predicted such figures early this year (see here and here). The continued problems at the new Finnish nuclear power station raise the strong [...]

]]> http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/01/01/285/comment-page-1#comment-1565 the-environmentalist.co.uk » Blog Archive » Wooden spoons all round for the nuclear industry Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:44:00 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/?p=285#comment-1565 [...] Carbon Commentary’s Chris Goodall has been working out what the plunging value of sterling means for the prospects of new nuclear power [...] [...] Carbon Commentary’s Chris Goodall has been working out what the plunging value of sterling means for the prospects of new nuclear power [...]

]]> http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/01/01/285/comment-page-1#comment-1558 Ben Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:42:28 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/?p=285#comment-1558 Isn't it a bit unfair to generalise about the cost of nuclear power from one new nuclear power station? 1) Perhaps the Finnish power station just ran into unlucky difficulties that won't necessarily happen again 2) In the UK, we need to build 10-20 nuclear power stations, so the relevant cost is the cost of building several stations, with economies of scale and a learning process in action, rather than the cost of building a single station, which will obviously be high. Isn’t it a bit unfair to generalise about the cost of nuclear power from one new nuclear power station?
1) Perhaps the Finnish power station just ran into unlucky difficulties that won’t necessarily happen again
2) In the UK, we need to build 10-20 nuclear power stations, so the relevant cost is the cost of building several stations, with economies of scale and a learning process in action, rather than the cost of building a single station, which will obviously be high.

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