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\"Rugely_Power_Station_from_Pipe_Ridware_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1192162\"<\/a>Coals to eco homes!\u00a0 An old coal fired power station in the West Midlands is to be transformed into an eco village of 2000 homes.\u00a0 This coal fired power station that closed in 2016 is one I recognise.\u00a0 Its not so far from where I grew up.\u00a0 I even went on a Youth For Christ camp within sight of it. The homes will be powered by solar PV modules both on top of their roofs and elsewhere even floating on a lake.\u00a0 They will be heated by ground source heat pumps and will use 30% less energy than conventional houses.\u00a0 The French firm Engie that owns the site is doing it to move beyond traditional dirty energy.<\/p>\n

Coals to eco homes is a worthy sounding project.\u00a0 Taking an ugly coal powered plant down and replacing it with houses will probably face little objections locally.\u00a0\u00a0 Old power stations seem a good way to deal with the housing shortage.\u00a0 There are a whole heap of such power stations that have closed recently in the Trent Valley where housing could be built.\u00a0 There are some questions though.\u00a0 How cheap will these houses be?\u00a0 And will they be fitted as described?\u00a0 2000 heat pumps use a lot of juice and the grid may require reinforcement locally.\u00a0 One question is why are houses not being built to passiv house standards which would require no heat?\u00a0 The bigger picture is that all over the world coal fired power plants are closing.\u00a0 This seems unstoppable even in America.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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