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Why was Didcot "A" Power Station Demolished a Columnist Asks?

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The demolition of Didcot "A" power station removed about 1.44 GigaWatts of generation. So why was it demolished when China is building many new coal fired power stations? Couldn't it have been made to operate in a cleaner way by filtering emissions etc?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7567013/PETER-HITCHENS-Ill-tell-truth-fanatics-Extinction-Rebellion.html


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    Not sure that the heating pump example the best example - where does the energy go to if not to heating water which is exactly you wanted to do anyway.  I'd agree for parts in a refrigeration system however, every watt is sacred. (apologies to Monty Python)

    If you want to use less electricity on pumping, perhaps fit a bigger boiler, so that the duty cycle is shorter. Actually to save energy, nothing beats not heating the building until as late in the year as possible, and wearing more clothes.

    Some other things worth pursuing would be heat recovery on ventilation and on wastewater, which is possible to do today but rarely seen, and the design of an air source heat pump that does not ice up at the winter humidity levels we see outdoors in much of the UK.

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    Not sure that the heating pump example the best example - where does the energy go to if not to heating water which is exactly you wanted to do anyway.  I'd agree for parts in a refrigeration system however, every watt is sacred. (apologies to Monty Python)

    If you want to use less electricity on pumping, perhaps fit a bigger boiler, so that the duty cycle is shorter. Actually to save energy, nothing beats not heating the building until as late in the year as possible, and wearing more clothes.

    Some other things worth pursuing would be heat recovery on ventilation and on wastewater, which is possible to do today but rarely seen, and the design of an air source heat pump that does not ice up at the winter humidity levels we see outdoors in much of the UK.

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