On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:55:09 +0000 (UTC) someone who may be "Terry
Harper" wrote this:-

You perhaps missed the report recently about the commissioning of a UPS to
serve the town of Fairbanks, Alaska. Apparently it is the biggest NiCad
battery array in the world. They don't have a grid connection outside Alaska
apparently.

Why would a whole town need a UPS?

Yes, it would be a big gas turbine. Would a few hundred MW be adequate, do
you think?

Google should pull up the "Power cuts and the Tube" thread on
uk.railway of a week or two ago. That should have links to
Greenwich, which was supposed to be able to power the central
section of the London Underground if there was a Grid failure. I
will be interested to see what the PFI contractors have to say about
Greenwich when they explain their actions.


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