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Not to mention it's a good branding strategy. No matter how small fraction wind is for Areva, the company can claim not to be a nuclear energy company but a "carbon-free" energy company. Using this sobriquet instead of renewable will in itself increase support for nuclear energy.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 03:13:34 AM EST
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That's exactly my point.  Windpower needs companies committed to significantly emphasizing the scale-up necessary to make it a major energy source globally.  Companies whose prime goal is development of their nuclear components are not the companies who will bring us a sustainable future.

Unless of course, one believes that nuclear power is a part of that mix, which i don't, but that isn't the topic here.

To be clear, i welcome AREVA into a highly risky portion of the windpower biz, with capital, expertise, contacts, and cheaper financing.  They have shown to be a very well-managed company, forward-thinking, and competent. But i see them as compromised when it comes to energy strategy.

With all that, given today's reality, i would place my own expertise in service of their windpower program.  When i built the first utility-scale project, my partner was the manufacturer of the UK's nuclear plant cooling systems.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 03:36:45 AM EST
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As we are talking about Areva, I just have to repost this great ad.



Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 04:20:55 AM EST
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