Oddbean

I feared that this might be happening. https://www.energylivenews.com/2024/09/04/britains-last-coal-power-station-to-close-in-three-weeks/ I've been driving past this power plant multiple times per week, over the last couple of months. It's a huge site that you can see from tens of miles away. Was always impressed with the mountains of coal that they had there. The machinery that was driving on it to move it around looked like toys lol Over the last few 5-6 months, I noticed that the piles of coal began getting smaller and smaller. I figured that it was because summer was coming and there's been less demand. All I ever saw coming out of this was steam. I wonder how difficult would be to convert it into a nuclear power station, given that it has plenty of water sources next to it.