At the same time, we attach a planned strategy for increasing or decreasing scale and content and how to flex to suit local conditions e.g.
But even though coal plants themselves are the largest single source of carbon, they can also act as flexible generators, complementing renewables in support of delivering reliable, affordable and resilient electricity grids..Installing advanced heat sources, such as small modular reactors (SMRs), to replace the coal-fired boilers at existing coal plants will enable the continued use of existing infrastructure for emissions-free electricity generation.. Repurposing coal offers a fast, low-risk, large-scale contribution to decarbonising the world’s power generation as we move into the future..
Together with Terra Praxis, other specialists and key stakeholders, we are developing a solution that will contribute to creating a huge market for rapid, low-cost repurposing of coal and gas plants with carbon-free advanced heat sources, while delivering a substantial portion of the clean electricity required to help achieve Net Zero by 2050..Traditional Approaches won’t work – a platform (P-DfMA) approach will.If we use traditional approaches to design, procure and build nuclear plants at the scale we need to get the required level of carbon emission reductions, we simply will fail:.
It would be too costly to be attractive to utilities companies and plant owners.It would be too risky because of the typical levels of cost uncertainty in nuclear projects.
It would take too long and be too disruptive to do the required refurbishments.
It would be too risky because of the typical levels of programme uncertainty in these types of projects.A key principle for us is collaboration and engagement with others in the field..
This project has been a collaboration between the London Borough of Southwark, the Centre for Digital Built Britain, Bryden Wood and 3DRepo.. Benefits of a digitised planning process.The benefits of a seamless end-to-end digital planning process will be many and wide-reaching.
Removing the planning bottleneck: there has been significant progress in digitisation for design and construction, but planning, which sits in the middle, is lagging behind and causing delays.The UK has huge construction requirements in multiple sectors – the planning process should be an enabler, not a barrier..