Paradise Cooling Towers Implosion
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Demolition experts imploded the three cooling towers that supported Paradise Coal Plant in KY. The coal plant served the Valley for 59 years and was retired in 2020. The property is being redeveloped as we take steps toward advancing our energy system of the future.
Demolitions always have a twinge of sadness associated with them. Having been part of the solution team with Dykon and D H Griffin, I can say that David Griffin himself reminded everyone just before the blowdown to remember that and to be respectful for all those who lost something when the cooling towers fell.
I have stressed this with every project I have done. What we take away was someone’s livelihood and we should always respect that.
@@jarrodlewis123 As a veteran of the Elrama and Cheswick power stations, and having done a lot of work as a contractor at Hatfield's Ferry, I can tell you that it really, really sucks to have to watch as your life's work is reduced to so much rubble in seconds.
But here are the facts of life in PJM:
Every June an auction is held where wholesale power buyers bid for capacity. PJM has gone on record as liking to have a total capacity of around 150,000 MW. Natural gas is meeting the demand at this time. Elrama, Mitchell, and Hatfield failed to get picked up in the auction in 2011 and were retired a year later. Cheswick didn't get picked up in 2021, two months after I retired, and was retired a year later.
Our parents used to say "don't put all of your eggs in one basket". PJM is almost completely dependent upon natural gas. Renewables typically provide less than 10 percent of the energy needed.
You're not taking anyone's livelihood away. That was done by the nameless, faceless suits in Washington and New York City. The old makes way for the new.
For those who insist that the United States MUST decarbonize, Google how many United States coal plants have been decommissioned, and then see how many new coal plants have been built in China and India.
Cooling tower: well if I die, Im taking you with me!
Drone: I can fly.
Cooling tower: "Well, if you're gonna be THAT way about it..."
I delivered the material they used to wrap the explosions with, pretty cool that I played such a small roll in this demo
Nothing wrong with demolishing coal plants. Just replace that generation so we don't have to suffer rolling blackouts like we did last week TVA.
What do you think would a good replacement?
@@KieraCameron514 The only practical replacement is natural gas generation. There is no wind in the Valley and solar needs 30 acres of property per MW and is useless during the hours of darkness without billions of dollars worth of toxic Lithium Ion batteries. And we’re 15 years away from small nuclear reactors.
@@KieraCameron514 Nuclear power is a logical, responsible solution. What is idiotic is destroying proven generation capacity and replacing it with either unreliable sources or nothing at all..."we'll get our power from someone else."
Would it have been possible to use the cooling towers and turbines for some nuclear energy?
Heard it 13 miles away
It's a shame that this happened. I feel it was a grave mistake that the government will regret.
Yes and we experienced the repercussions of this decision yesterday: rolling blackouts at the first cold snap Tennessee has had. You don't have rolling black outs with coal plants.