Moi x
18-Oct-08, 00:18
From the front page of Caithness.org and the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/16/waveandtidalpower-renewableenergy)...
Off-grid data centre powered by tidal energy planned for Scotland
Morgan Stanley scheme sidesteps major barrier to renewables – the long wait for connection to the national grid
A plan to build a large, off-grid computer data centre in Scotland, powered directly by tidal energy, is set to be announced by the US investment bank Morgan Stanley.
The scheme sidesteps one of the biggest barriers to installing renewable energy — the long wait for connection to the national grid. It also addresses the need to find low-carbon ways of powering fast-expanding and power-hungry data centres which house large arrays of servers.
The data centre will be located in Scotland's Pentland Firth, which separates the Orkney Islands from the Scottish mainland, and has huge potential tidal energy resources. The data centre would require about 150 megawatt hours of power, equivalent to that needed to power a city the size of Bristol.Great news! Roll on the jobs!
Wait a minute, it's even better. The data centre will be located in Scotland's Pentland Firth. It will be in the Pentland Firth? Will it be on a boat or will it be underwater alongside the tidal turbines? Do you think the author knows what the Pentland Firth is? Does she know a firth is full of water? Or have Morgan Stanley spent the vast sums of money they've lost on a waterproof computer?
Even better, the data centre would require about 150 megawatt hours of power. Is that 150 Megawatt hours in total? It must consume energy at a rate of at least 150MW if it's enough to power Bristol. Then what? Do their waterproof computers run for one hour and then shut down for ever or do they run on fresh air? Will Google only work in Caithness when the tide flow is high? Are Morgan Stanley running away from their huge losses on Wall St. and setting up shop in Caithness? Will they have branches in Wick and Thurso, will they be open at lunchtime, and will they close after lunch on the first Monday of the month?
Do the Guardian editors know how little their writer Tricia Holly Davis evidently understands of what they've paid her to write? [disgust]
Her specialisms allegedly include environment, energy, education, travel, and she's a contributor on green investment (http://www.journalistdirectory.com/journalist/zziL/Tricia-Holly%20Davis). I could have written a more accurate article than her and I'm a mere sociologist. God help us all if she's the best the UK press can muster to cover something this important.
Off-grid data centre powered by tidal energy planned for Scotland
Morgan Stanley scheme sidesteps major barrier to renewables – the long wait for connection to the national grid
A plan to build a large, off-grid computer data centre in Scotland, powered directly by tidal energy, is set to be announced by the US investment bank Morgan Stanley.
The scheme sidesteps one of the biggest barriers to installing renewable energy — the long wait for connection to the national grid. It also addresses the need to find low-carbon ways of powering fast-expanding and power-hungry data centres which house large arrays of servers.
The data centre will be located in Scotland's Pentland Firth, which separates the Orkney Islands from the Scottish mainland, and has huge potential tidal energy resources. The data centre would require about 150 megawatt hours of power, equivalent to that needed to power a city the size of Bristol.Great news! Roll on the jobs!
Wait a minute, it's even better. The data centre will be located in Scotland's Pentland Firth. It will be in the Pentland Firth? Will it be on a boat or will it be underwater alongside the tidal turbines? Do you think the author knows what the Pentland Firth is? Does she know a firth is full of water? Or have Morgan Stanley spent the vast sums of money they've lost on a waterproof computer?
Even better, the data centre would require about 150 megawatt hours of power. Is that 150 Megawatt hours in total? It must consume energy at a rate of at least 150MW if it's enough to power Bristol. Then what? Do their waterproof computers run for one hour and then shut down for ever or do they run on fresh air? Will Google only work in Caithness when the tide flow is high? Are Morgan Stanley running away from their huge losses on Wall St. and setting up shop in Caithness? Will they have branches in Wick and Thurso, will they be open at lunchtime, and will they close after lunch on the first Monday of the month?
Do the Guardian editors know how little their writer Tricia Holly Davis evidently understands of what they've paid her to write? [disgust]
Her specialisms allegedly include environment, energy, education, travel, and she's a contributor on green investment (http://www.journalistdirectory.com/journalist/zziL/Tricia-Holly%20Davis). I could have written a more accurate article than her and I'm a mere sociologist. God help us all if she's the best the UK press can muster to cover something this important.