Remembrance of times past
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Originally Posted by
Jantar
It happens every year. River heating also affects Contact's Wairakei geothermal station, so they aren't completely safe either. Hopefully the cold spell moving up the country will help keep the Waikato river cool next week as well..
I remember the time when the upstream temperature was above the permitted maximum and Huntly had to stop generating completely, (this was before Unit5 was on tap).
As you say it is more a summer problem and come the deep mid winter they should be good.
Best Wishes
Paper Tiger
Last one from me for the moment
Genesis has a gentailer currently needs to be generating between about 470MW and 720MW, depending on the time of day, to meet it direct customers needs.
Come the winter those figures are more like 620MW to 950MW for same.
These are my guess average figures so:
a/ they are probably wrong a bit and I would appreciate any more accurate numbers;
b/ would be higher or lower depending on the actual day.
Best Wishes
Paper Tiger