Chilean court halts construction of huge power plant for the copper industry

Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 06:47 UTC

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A court in Chile has halted the construction of a huge power plant being built by a Spanish company, after fishermen charged that the massive project would harm the environment and ruin their livelihood. Read full article

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Think
TWIMC

When will this people ever learn?
The days where they could do as they pleased in Chile are over.
Get used to it.

http://www.patagoniasinrepresas.cl/final/contenido.php?seccion=nuestrapropuesta

http://www.patagoniasinrepresas.cl/final/contenido.php?seccion=nuestrapropuesta

http://www.patagoniasinrepresas.cl/final/contenido.php?seccion=nuestrapropuesta
Mar 07th, 2013 - 08:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Condorito
Think,
Is that veiled criticism of our last 20 years of energy policy?
How untypically unpartisan of you.
I'll put it down to your early start this morning (8:30 GMT)!

This is my turf, the Islas Damas really is a treasure and i don't want to see it damaged. However, we need a coherent energy strategy. At the moment we seem to be aimless on this matter. We need the power for the mines, we need the mines for income, jobs, tax revenues etc.

If Endesa is falling over on environmental concerns then they need to improve on that. The energy must be provided. We also need to think big about solar power. we have 360 days a year of intense sunshine and vast uninhabited areas. It shouldn't be beyond our wit to derive a lot of energy from the sun. With more vision we could lead the way in this area.
Mar 07th, 2013 - 01:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
How did the build get this far without satisfying the environmental audits in the planning phase.
This is like half-building a hydroelectric dam and then stopping it because it 'could harm the environment'.

It does not happen this way. There must be a desire somewhere to re-write the contract and pay off a longer list of 'interested parties'.
Mar 07th, 2013 - 03:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Ayayay
Solar!!! :D.No solar panel.since they were first invented has ever died.

Royal Shell Oil says solar will dominate oil in just five decades.
Mar 07th, 2013 - 06:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Condorito
@4
That's right and solar doesn't need to be photo voltaic. You can concentrate the sun to boil water and drive a turbine.
Mar 07th, 2013 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
Condorito
A huge magnifying glass, interesting idea. The problem would be that you need to spread the heat to all the sections of the boiler. The economizer, the vaporizer, the superheater.
But definately something to do further research on. Maybe it's already in process, although I've never heard of any prototype or project.
Mar 07th, 2013 - 08:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Condorito
@stevie
The Spanish have been experimenting with it for a few years. Have a look at these pics:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/02/pictures/120228-spain-solar-energy/

We have the sun, the space and it is not high tec. We just need the political vision and will.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 12:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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