Chaos As Train Passengers Locked In At Lake District Station
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Cumbria Crack.
These two paragraphs outline the story.
Passengers on a delayed train had to climb over spiked fences after they discovered they were locked in at Oxenholme station.
People on a delayed Avanti West Coast service from London arrived at the Lake District station to find that staff had gone home for the evening, locking up behind them.
I have arrived late at several stations in London after they have closed and there is always a signed route out, when the staff have locked up and gone home.
These pictures show Crofton Park station.
Note.
- The exits out of the station are always open.
- The exits have contactless readers.
- The exits also allow a step-free route from one platform to another.
- There is CCTV on the exits.
Exits like these can surely be provided at Oxenholme station.
Germany Has Potential For 82 GW Of Offshore Wind
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Renewables Now.
These are the two introductory paragraphs.
Germany has the potential to raise its offshore wind energy capacity to 81.6 GW which is above the federal government’s target of 70 GW by 2045, a study by research institute Fraunhofer IWES shows.
To exploit all the potential for wind energy in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, Germany needs to devise a strategy for more efficient use of the available space and use new offshore wind power technologies in additional areas in a way that will not raise concerns and affect nature conservation.
This map shows the German parts of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Note.
- White lines show the borders with The Netherlands, Denmark and Poland.
- Heligoland in the South-East corner of the North Sea. Could this island be used as a giant offshore substation?
- There are plenty of ports to service offshore developments.
- It looks like compared to the UK, a fair proportion of German offshore wind farms will be closer to the land.
Currently, Germany has 7.8 GW of offshore wind in operation, with around seventy percent of the turbines in the North Sea.
According to the Wikipedia entry called Wind Power In The UK, in 2019, the UK had installed 8.4 GW of offshore wind turbines, and there could be a potential to have a total of 120 GW in British waters.
With the Belgians, Danes, Dutch, Irish, Norwegians, Poles and Swedes joining this party, I can see the world’s largest wind power station being developed in the North and Baltic Seas.
Ryze Hydrogen – Every UK Region Needs A Hydrogen Hub
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Hydrogen Central.
This is the first paragraph.
The past few weeks have seen another flurry of new hydrogen cluster announcements across the UK.
The article then lists all the hydrogen recently-announced hubs being developed in the UK.
It is all very detailed and is a must read, if you are interested in acquired a single hydrogen vehicle or perhaps a whole fleet.
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