Flotation, Vargronn Complete NorthConnect Deal
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Renews.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
1.4GW Cenos floater backers seal ‘productive partnership’ with interconnector acquisition
These three paragraphs add more details to the deal.
Flotation Energy and Vargronn have closed their acquisition of the NorthConnect interconnector project between Scotland and Norway.
The developers said the deal had followed close collaboration on shared transmission infrastructure and a common grid connection point for the interconnector and the proposed 1.4GW Cenos floating wind farm off east Scotland.
NorthConnect already has consent for an offshore and onshore cable route to a substation near Boddam, Aberdeenshire, that will link to SSEN’s Peterhead substation.
This looks like a clever use of the permissions for the interconnector to connect the Cenos wind farm to the grid.
Was The Price Of Fuel A Factor In The Ahmedabad Plane Crash?
I am asking this question, as I know that a prudent airline, is careful where it buys the fuel for its aircraft.
I asked Google, if jet fuel is more expensive at Gatwick or in India and got this reply.
Jet fuel (Jet A-1/AVTUR) is more expensive at Gatwick Airport compared to India. At Gatwick, the price is 906.8 GBP/1000L. While in India, the price varies by location, for example, ₹97,975.72/kl in Delhi. This indicates that Jet A-1/AVTUR costs more at Gatwick than in India.
I suspect, if they can that Air India would prefer to fill up their planes in India.
Consider.
- The flight that crashed was AI 171.
- The aircraft was a Boeing 787-8.
- The Air India flight that crashed was flying direct to Gatwick Airport, which is a great circle distance of 4254.3 miles.
- Afterwards, it would fly from Gatwick Airport to Goa, which is a great circle distance of 4703.7 miles.
- Wikipedia gives the range of a Boeing 787-8 as 8410 miles.
As a former private pilot, who did many long flights, if I were Air India, I might use a strategy like this.
- Fill the plane with as much fuel, as it can carry at Ahmedabad.
- Fly to Gatwick on an efficient great circle route.
- Top up the plane, with enough fuel to fly safely to Goa, at Gatwick.
The cost of fuel would be minimised, but it would mean a heavy take-off at Ahmedabad.
The temperature at Ahmedabad yesterday was around the low thirties and as the altitude is only 53 metres, I don’t think it would have been a hot-and-high take-off.
The Anonymous Widower 