I have been asked to help with Exmoor's Local Plan re renewables....

[knighty]

big old water wheels look nice and attract tourists too ;-)

[bar]

Guy

Exmoor is close enough to benefit from the Bristol channel barrage (Minehead to Cardiff) which the governemnt has recently pulled the plug on. I think this should be kept live.

Hinkley C nuclear power station  represents a minimum investment  of 6 billion for 30 year life.

The barrage would have 120 year design life and cost around 30 billion. thats 4 nuclear reactors; total cost 24 billion.

that means 6 billion over 120 years to avoid nuclear risk and legacy.

discuss?

[Baz]

terminally badly insulated single-skin stone buildings. With external insulation these can be turned into rather nice .....

AAAAAAAgh cover my beautiful granite walls NO NO NO and there ain't going to be any shiney or black solar wotzits on my slate roof neither. But that is my decision and I don't like the control various distant pen pushers like to excert on my freedom to deface my property if I had no aesthetic sensibilities.
Two ft of granite acts a bit like earth bauming keeping a steady average temperature buffer against the frost. I do plan a bit of internal insulation though and would rather like a windturbine if I can get planning permission, but it would be behind the house and mostly out of sight for the tourists.

[guydewdney]

You are preaching to a man with a MILL..... how thick do you think my walls are  ?

The building regs bloke did his calcs on part of the house, and stated that stone walls are classed the same as single skin victorian brick! Ignoring the nice new insulation in the floor / ceiling / glass, that there isnt enough insulation..... ignoring the 2 feet thick rubble infil stone walls that is so hard that Bosch top quality SDS bits melt on it....

[brackwell]

Guy,
How did this work out?
Does anybody think of hydro for Wimbleball lake?

Ken

[guydewdney]

 

a bit like that here. No further meetings....