Got up (devastatingly) early, took a train to the north, did a tour of a nuclear power plant, observed some off shore oil rigs being deconstructed, fish and chips, train home A good day
one honk maybe more
greem@cyberplace.soc..
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benjojo
replied 08 Jan 2026 09:26 +0000
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penguin42@mastodon.o..
replied 07 Jan 2026 22:54 +0000
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@benjojo Those windfarm blades across the 2nd picture? Are there any forms of power generation you didn't see today?
benjojo
replied 08 Jan 2026 09:25 +0000
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@penguin42 now that you say that about types of generation, they did have what seemed to be CGT turbines (normally for nat gas) but for diesel (as a off grid backup), I guess the only UK power mix I was missing yesterday was Hydro and whatever you class the power station at Drax to be
dragoonaethis@mstdn...
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benjojo
replied 08 Jan 2026 09:23 +0000
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@dragoonaethis At least in the UK you can just email them and organize a group of your friends to tour them
trs@metasocial.com
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benjojo
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@trs yup! Amusingly there is a huge wind turbine assembly area next to the plant, all of the bits were there including the chunky gear box/generation cubes