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Interior Minister calls for massive addition to Rosdivan power generation capability
By Mark Jemacker

At a press conference today, Interior Minister Samuel Marnis announced that bidding would be open in a competition to increase the capacity of the Commonweath's power grid.

"In order to better provide for our growing population, we are opening bidding for a large series of powerplants, with the goal of adding two hundred gigawatts to our annual production in addition to the normal construction currently going on," announced Minister Marnis.

Much of the increase is expected to be due to the need to desalinize water for the current baby boom, fresh water resources being rather poor on the islands that compose the Commonwealth.

Specified in the press conference was a request that the power plants be fueled by means other than oil or nuclear power, and preferably green. While the request for non-petroleum based plants was expected due to petroleum not being common within Commonwealth territory, with most of what is found being devoted to aviation and shipping needs, and a desire to avoid a reliance on foreign supplies that might be cut in the event of war or other hostilities, the request for a non-nuclear plant was a shock to analysts.

"With the exhaustion of the Green Rivers uranium mine in Belistand, we are trying to wean ourselves off of a finite and strategically important resource, conserving its use." The Interior Minister denied rumors that this was due to plans to build up a large nuclear stockpile. "The Supreme Commonwealth of Rosdivan is in no need of a nuclear deterrent. Aside from the moral questions regarding the use of such a deterrent, we feel that enough of a deterrent is provided by other nations within the Empire who would be obligated to respond. With advances in technology, the defensive nuclear weapons we retained are now obscelescent and are being disposed of through our Plowshares program."

Following the announcement, uranium futures rose slightly, by 1.2%

OOC: Tag. Are you PMT. Or MT? Or AMT? 'cause I use nuclear fusion as a regular power source.

OOC: Tag. Are you PMT. Or MT? Or AMT? 'cause I use nuclear fusion as a regular power source.
MT, should've mentioned that.

Attn: Samuel Marnis, Interior Minister, Rosdivan

New Century Energy plc provides the United Kingdom with much of its electricity, and while much of said electricity is provided through our 53 owned and operated nuclear power generation stations we do have a long history with renewable energy sources and increasingly with advanced forms of energy extraction from fossil fuels, including coal-fired plants that reclaim much of their polluting exhaust for more energy creation.

Such options would be, if selected, carried out by two of our divisions: New Century Renewable Energy and New Century Renaissance Energy. NCRenewable offers several different options for green power as we have experience with solar and wind plants, including offshore wind farms and tidal/current plants that produce energy from the movement of the world’s oceans – an option perhaps of particular use given the abundance of islands in the Commonwealth.

I look forward to continuing discussions with the Interior Ministry as we seek to design a competitive bid that will benefit all Rosdivans.

Charles Gowan, Earl of Axwich
Chairman and CEO, New Century Energy plc

Bumpage for additional offers while I'm at work

Bumpage

[OOC: Shameless OOC advertising for Praetonia - check out SkyGen Power Plc (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=484452).]

[OOC]Slight change in the quantity required in the OP, my math kinda put my number off by a factor off a thousand and its now a bit easier to understand (gigawatts making more sense than megawatt-hours per year).


To: Lord Charles Gowan
From: Minister of the Interior Samuel Morris

I am pleased to hear from you so quickly. We do not object to the use of coal plants, especially ones that are fairly clean; however, we wish to make sure that the quantity of coal required is not such that our electrical production, and hence ability to make fresh water, may be easily threatened by an enemy attacking our sealanes. Unfortunately we are poor in fossil fuels and were it not for government action and taxation that reserves them for essential uses, would be required to import much larger quantities of them. It is this reason that is the primary reason for the request for green power.

Prior to the construction of any coal plants we would require documentation illustrating the monthly and yearly supplies of coal necessary. We find the ocean current plants to be most intriguing, provided that they can be located off of shipping lanes or otherwise built so that they will not interfere with them.

At the moment we are offering to either purchase the facilities outright and run them under Rosdivan Electric, a Commonwealth-owned company, or to offer a subsidy, both in construction cost and per kilo-watt hour and have the facilities run by New Century Energy. Both the option and compensation will be finalized during negotiation.

Most gratefully,

Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior

To: Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior, Supreme Commonwealth of Rosdivan
From: Sir Clyde Thurborne, KGCSI, CEO and Chairman, WorldTech Industries

WorldTech Industries (WTI (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/WorldTech_Industries)), one of the world's leading corporations, is a leading innovator in the field of energy production. By choosing WTI for your energy needs you'll have access to the resources of all of the company's divisions including, but not limited to, WTI Financial, WTI Global Industrial and WTI Energy and Infrastructure.

WTI can construct for your fine nation many different types of power stations. We have extensive experience with off and on shore wind farms, tidal motion generators, geothermal plants, natural gas, hydroelectric and solar power. We can evaluate your agricultural and waste industries to determine if biomass fueled generators are feasible. WTI engineers can also inspect your heavy industrial plants to see if cogeneration is viable.

WTI is dedicated to the concept of environmentally friendly business practices. The immense size and resources of WTI allow us to provide you the best product at the lowest cost. From the financing plan, to the raw materials, electronics, technical training, and even industrial insurance we offer it all.

The Board of Directors and I look forward to conducting business with your fine nation.


Yours Sincerely,
Sir Clyde Thurborne, KGCSI
Chairman and CEO, WorldTech Industries

To: Sir Clyde Thurborne
From: Minister of the Interior Samuel Marnis

On behalf of the Supreme Commonwealth of Rosdivan, I thank you for your interest in meeting our electrical generation needs. Due to Rosdivan's geography and resources, we believe that, of the generation methods you mentioned, off-shore wind farms, tidal generators, solar power, and biomass will prove the most beneficial. We find ourselves highly interested in the biomass fuel, even if it is not used to generate electricity, as it may prove useful in supplementing our limited oil resources.

At this point in negotiations, we request an indication of whether you would prefer to build these plants for Rosdivan Electric, a Commonwealth-owned company, or run them yourself, as well as how many plants and level of electricity you wish to provide.

Most sincerely,

Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior

To: Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior, Supreme Commonwealth of Rosdivan
From: Sir Clyde Thurborne, KGCSI, CEO and Chairman, WorldTech Industries

The Board of Directors and I are thrilled that WTI is being considered by your most illustrious government for your nation's energy needs. WTI's first choice would be to build and run the power plants. However we realize that some nations may be sensitive to the idea of a foreign corporations owning major part of domestic infrastructure. If you are concerned with that, WTI would be willing to build the plants and operate them under Rosdivan WTI subsidiary jointly owned by Rosdivan Electric and WTI.

Our present estimates would have us construct 58 power plants providing a total of 86.92 gigawats. The majority of the plants (32) would be biomass fueled. The remaining plants would be split almost equally between off-shore wind farms, tidal generators, and solar power. If your nation so desires WTI could construct power plants to satisfy the full balance of your projected energy needs but that would require serious commitment on both our parts and, in the short term, importation of Hamptonian biofuel.

On a related note, we are encouraged to see your enthusiasm for biomass fuels. WTI is a leading producer of biodiesel and ethanol. In Hamptonshire itself, WTI has lead the drive that has made biodiesel the nation's leading source of fuel oil. We believe that with a serious commitment on your part and with our assistance, Rosdivan can become a plurality biofuel nation in a decade and a majority biofuel nation in less than twenty years.


Yours Sincerely,
Sir Clyde Thurborne, KGCSI
Chairman and CEO, WorldTech Industries

OOC: For entirely strategic reasons, I suggest you either go with Prae's power generation system, or go with Azazia.

There's other things that come into play here, and if you want me to have a chat about it, TG me.

While our contribution in the form of power plants would be limited (we deal almost exclusively with nuclear plants), Pale Rider Arms would like to enter a bid to modernize Rosdivan's power grid, as well as a method to greatly increase the viability of hydrogen-powered vehicles.

Using PRA SuperGrid technology, we can install superconducting cables chilled by liquid hydrogen across your nation for a low cost of only 800 USD per meter. In addition to carrying power, these cables can be tapped for hydrogen for use in automobiles or industrial use. Price for the cables includes fees for burying the cables 100 meters under ground.

Yours,
Daniel Quetzal
CEO of Pale Rider Arms

Attn: Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior

New Century certainly understands the security concerns of the Rosdivan government in the long-term stability and security of fossil-fuels for the purpose of electrical power generation. Given the requisite technologies used to capture carbon emissions produced by coal-burning plants, our next generation plants run approximately 17% above the average price for the creation of a new coal-burning plant without the capture of the carbon emissions. Although exact specifications would be of course provided by finalised plans, the average use of coal for electrical power generation – assuming twenty-four hour operation given the priority to desalinisation plants – would require, for a single 1000MW power station, approximately 40 million tons of coal per annum.

With regards to potentials for tidal power or tidal stream power, estimates and projections would only be appropriate when presented with lists of suitable sites, in terms of both physical requirements and environmental/political viability. It should be noted, however, that while significant sums of energy would be produced by such renewable sources the remaining slack would be covered by advanced coal-burning plants.

Currently, New Century Energy would prefer to both build and operate the power stations. This does not mean, however, that New Century is not willing to pursue other means of providing electricity. We would be entirely willing to build the plants and then join with Risdivan Electric in founding a jointly owned company that would operate the plants. If there are other avenues sought by the Rosdivan government or Rosdivan Electric we are more than willing to listen to any and all proposals.

Sincerely,

Lord Charles

Sorry I haven't responded in a few days, I am still planning to do this. Need to whip up a mapish thing for Azazia, and work has cut into the time I have severely. I'm planning on making an IC post tomorrow or Friday though.

Bah on an actual map. Once I get an estimate from Azazia on how much power he can provide, I'll reply to Hamptonshire.


To: Lord Charles Gowan
From: Minister of the Interior Samuel Marnis

Thank you for your continued interest.

Due to the need to import so much coal in order to fuel those coal plants, we can only authorize the construction of sixty such plants, to avoid a dependence on foreign sources.

Attached to this message is a map and engineering survey which detail the location and specifics of 138 locations where it is felt that tidal and tidal stream power will prove most useful.

It is the preference of Supreme Commonwealth that New Century Energy run the plants and so we are pleased that you also desire to.

Attn: Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior

Given the limitation on the number of next generation coal stations, the total power generation from coal shall be approximately 60GW. New Century acknowledges that this 60GW falls far short of the requested 200GW, but to make up part of the shortfall the preliminary analysis of all 138 sites, based upon the information collected by our sources and that information graciously provided by the Interior Ministry, we believe that construction of power stations on all sites could yield an additional 69GW of energy bringing the total possible power output to 129GW.

Should New Century’s bid be approved by the Rosdivan government, we would be inclined to both build and operate all plants in the Supreme Commonwealth with the necessary regulatory and government oversight, of course.

Sincerely,

Lord Charles

Yes, its a form letter, I'm out of creativity for the day :-p


To: Sir Clyde Thurborne, KGCSI
From: Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior

We are delighted at your proposal, and have granted full permission for both construction and ownership of the plants by WorldTech Industries. We apologize for the delay in response; Parliament's abrupt decision to take a brief vacation proved most unfortunate. Please feel free to contact me if you have any troubles with the construction or operation of your plants.

Sincerely,
Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior

To: Lord Charles Gowan
From: Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior

We are delighted at your proposal, and have granted full permission for both construction and ownership of the plants by New Century. We apologize for the delay in response; Parliament's abrupt decision to take a brief vacation proved most unfortunate. Please feel free to contact me if you have any troubles with the construction or operation of your plants.

Sincerely,
Samuel Marnis, Minister of the Interior