Hacker News with Generative AI: Power Plants

World's largest pumped storage power plant fully operational in China (ess-news.com)
The Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station, the world’s largest facility of its kind, has commenced full operations with the commissioning of its final variable-speed unit on December 31.
Renewable Energy, China, Energy, Power Plants, Infrastructure
82 points by philipkglass 8 days ago | 86 comments
Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That? (practical.engineering)
This is not smoke. And this isn’t a smoke stack (at least not the kind we normally think of). It serves a totally different purpose at a power plant than smoke stacks whose job is moving combustion products high into the air, allowing them to disperse away from populated spaces.
Engineering, Power Plants, Design
35 points by matricaria 73 days ago | 1 comments
Britain's last coal-fired power plant shuts down (theguardian.com)
Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire will generate electricity for the last time on Monday after powering the UK for 57 years.
Energy, Environment, UK, Coal, Power Plants
99 points by geox 106 days ago | 95 comments
5% of Earth's Power Plants Create 73% of the Energy Sector's Emissions (vice.com)
Energy, Climate Change, Environment, Power Plants, Emissions
6 points by amai 200 days ago | 1 comments
The South Pole Power Plant (2012) (jeffreydonenfeld.com)
Power Plants, South Pole, Energy
35 points by throwup238 223 days ago | 34 comments