Peat fired power stations already exist in Ireland and they may be a possibility elsewhere if fuel prices continue to increase. Here's a quote from a 1985 document: "Over the last three years the The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board carried out a major investigation into the possible installation of peat-fired generators on the Western Isles and on Shetland. It found that while the appropriate technology was available the economics of peat energy were not sufficiently attractive in present circumstances to justify proceeding with a pilot installation." And the EU has already got into the "peat" act - just plough through the turgid prose on the web at <http://www.imcg.net/imcgnl/nl0405/kap10.htm> -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney <www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont> "I’m sorry, you have reached an imaginary number. Please rotate your telephone 90 degrees and dial again"
Although peat will renew itself over time, considering how long that would take I wouldn't think you could call it a "renewable" or "green" energy source either since you have to burn it to get energy. R -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay) Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Peat Peat fired power stations already exist in Ireland and they may be a possibility elsewhere if fuel prices continue to increase. Here's a quote from a 1985 document: "Over the last three years the The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board carried out a major investigation into the possible installation of peat-fired generators on the Western Isles and on Shetland. It found that while the appropriate technology was available the economics of peat energy were not sufficiently attractive in present circumstances to justify proceeding with a pilot installation." And the EU has already got into the "peat" act - just plough through the turgid prose on the web at <http://www.imcg.net/imcgnl/nl0405/kap10.htm> -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney <www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont> "I'm sorry, you have reached an imaginary number. Please rotate your telephone 90 degrees and dial again" ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message