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Ha, ha, ha........... nice one for a Friday morning.
I was thinking donkey powered swing bridges would get round that one.

True, but then we are into the whole electrification of the whole network debate (bi-mode train anyone!!)

This is a passenger line, so using data from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transport#Trains
German ICE trains use 19-33 kWh/km.

Weymouth to Waterloo is 191km, so you need between 3629kWh and 6303 kWh for that one journey.
back of a fag packet calc:
Maximum power output of ICE high speed trains varies between 4,800-9,600 kW
taking a middling value, 7000kW that means you will need in the region of 14000 solar panels (going full tilt) to power that train.... scary numbers.
Our better option is wind obviously, but we will need the storage!

Nah, keep the VRFB's trackside. Charge them up when the sun shines / wind blows and feed them direct into the network as required.

"The updated JORC Inferred Mineral Resource for Abenab calculated by Shango is:
· 2.80Mt @ 0.66% V2O5 (vanadium pentoxide), 2.35% Pb (lead), 0.94% Zn (zinc)at a 0.2% V2O5 cut-off
o which equates to 18.5kt vanadium pentoxide, 65.8kt lead and 26.3kt zinc.

By lowering the cut-off grade from the previous Resource calculated by SRK, GED has significantly increased the tonnages by 4.1kt vanadium pentoxide, 31.6kt lead and 12.3kt zinc."
https://www.goldendeeps.com/namibia-grootfontein-abenab.php

Also:
> "Golden Deeps Limited (Golden Deeps) has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Hong Kong based metals trading company Generous Metals Company Limited (GMC) to crush, concentrate, refine and sell vanadium product from Golden Deeps’ Abenab Vanadium Project in Namibia."
> "The planned 250,000 tpa crushing and concentrator plant proposed "
>"The crushing and concentrating of the stockpile and tailings will take place at the Abenab Project site. The concentrate will then be shipped to China for refining and marketing of the end vanadium products, which will include vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) and ferrovanadium."

I'm liking tthe riding sunbeams lot!
about: Riding Sunbeams Ltd is a social enterprise set up and jointly owned by 10:10 Climate Action and Community Energy South.

https://www.ridingsunbeams.org/ourwork/firstlight

Google gives the first few lines:
"The world's first solar farm to directly power a railway line is set to plug into the track near Aldershot, paving the way for solar-powered trains. About 100 solar panels at the trackside site will supply renewable electricity to power the signalling and lights on Network Rail's Wessex route."

From the riding sunbeams article:
"Riding Sunbeams will be trialling technologies from the wind as well as batteries. "

Did you manage to get the gist of it squirty?

ooops!!!

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It will be relaunched on its correct date."

So right on top of the vanadium :-)
https://www.thebushveldperspective.com/blog/public-articles-1/post/mokopane-vanadium-drilling-to-2016-pfs-225

Maybe its a tender for some large shovels, and a few dump trucks?!?!

Agreed!
I arrived here as a result of wanting renewable energy to be a massive success (I had put my, limited, cash into REDT but found this BB and moved it (in time) into BMN.
So the 'dualist' from last night seems to have run out of coke/cool aid so can we move the discussion back to the future and BMN, for me this is going to involve renewables and storage.
I think we all agree that all the ramping/deramping is just pointless as so many here are invested for the long run and not seeking to make a few bob in a few weeks.

Here is an article on using sodium in batteries, not read and digested it fully yet, but interestingly, guess what it also contains :-) ................ Vanadium!

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-sodium-lithium-boost-sodium-ion-battery.html

And throw in the fact that recoverable shale gas estimates have been downgraded (although, quell surprise, Caudrilla have disagreed) and we have another reason to be utilising our massive renewables potential and integrating storage.

You said 'mommy'......................... you 'merican?

I'm off out to buy popcorn, anyone else want some :-)

Well poortrader every post you have put up screams - SELL YOUR SHARES??

@FR101, and usually postscripted with "my opinion" or "dyor"

"but mass take up I am thinking 5 years away from today"

Shhhhh everyone, expert is thinking........................

Expert, have you got any other unsubstantiated claims that we could all base our investments on?

Top banana BBN, your kid should get sick more often (only joshing, speedy recovery for the wee mite!)

If any of you twitterati would like to put the journo right: https://twitter.com/antoinetteslab?lang=en
Although she only seems to retweet!

My tuppence worth:
At current V prices, BMN is still profitable.
At current V prices Vanadium batteries are well placed to start being significant in the energy storage market.

So, long term the demand for vanadium will rise, a massive uptick in the price of vanadium will dent the battery market, so what you need is a miner who can meet increasing demand.

Hmm, lets have a think, where will we find one of those?