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It seems that the current Met Office Supercomputer needs 2.7MW of power (presumably largely for cooling) and that the new one will probably be in the region of 2MW. It would be interesting to know what they currently do for emergency back-up power - presumably a pretty hefty diesel generator.

Hmmm, I'm confused...Aberdeen weren't playing last night? :)

Rooky, yes, the red herring here is the initial mention of rental in B&S's early post. As far as I understand it, MACE's business model is to operate their own construction sites and since the AFC equipment would be owned by MACE, it would qualify for the Government's temporary "130%" depreciation scheme. It potentially wouldn't apply to rental companies like Aggreko.

And, yes, it would in theory cover any AFC investment in additional plant for manufacture, but the depreciation costs would only be written off against taxable profits and we are still a bit short of these! Even if the output from the expanded production provided significant profits within the two years of the current scheme, it is likely that the deductible element would be well short of 130% of the capital cost.

Equipment for rental isn't covered by the "130% tax deduction" scheme.

Lol! Well everyone was predicting an RNS! I'm not sure that was it, though! :)

Folderboy, Planning Policy is devolved, so you would need to also influence MSPs on this one. And I'm not sure we should ever see a 62,000 panel solar farm as an insignificant change in planning terms.

Having said that, with 215 wind turbines producing 539MW, the remote moor I used to explore as a teenager is now an industrial landscape, so adding 62,000 solar panels is relatively of lesser planning significance than it might once have been.

Psmith, thanks for spotting that. I see the RNS is now in. I must confess I had a walk past the Scottish Power site at Whitelee a couple of weeks ago and wondered about the additional infrastructure there!

Are we sure that this is to be a fuel cell power plant? As far as I can see the Hydrogen will be Blue Hydrogen and the green credentials are based on the Carbon Capture from burning the methane, so I wonder if the H2 power plant is simply burning the Hydrogen?

Telecom12, in terms of market cap, AFC is considerably bigger than Ricardo, so, technically, it is them that are playing with the big boys! (Although both are minnows compared to some of the fish in the same pond).

Bobminor, we've all been there!

1) The Korean agreement is at 45p per share, with a settlement on 13th April, which gave a strong market opening signal.
2) You couldn't buy until it came out of auction and the opening price was set - which, surprise, surprise was at 45p.

No need to presume a conspiracy when the market simply worked as designed.

Patience! These things take time, especially if they are wanting to sound-out other potential bidders. Meanwhile today's RNS is evidence that the show is still on the road.

...well 1L of hydrogen only weighs 90mg at standard temperature and pressure, so that leaves the other 91% of your gramme for the nanopowder.

It was strange, though, that having watched all the earlier sessions live on the ExE website on my laptop, I found that I had to switch to terrestrial TV to get the final. Was this deliberate, to please the sponsors, or a glitch with the ExE website? I am assuming a glitch as the screen told me I was watching live, but with an otherwise black screen.

Testosterone levels have a major bearing on risk-taking behaviour in humans, which tends to peak in young men and declines with age. Skill, experience and muscle-memory can compensate to a degree (as Carlos Sainz showed this morning) but testosterone levels still provide an additional hurdle that female (or ageing male) competitors have to cross.

I wonder if they'll re-assess the format for tomorrow? There's enough carnage out there, without there being three cars at a time and people trying to drive blind through the dust.

Garonne, all manner of good reasons for selling at any time! I topped up at 42p but used money that I "lent" to my portfolio and I will need to get it back out at some point in the next few weeks. The turn-around should see me with an increase in my holding at essentially no cost, rather than simply being a short-sighted sale.

Does anyone have any good pointers to regenerative fuel cell research? In theory electrolysers and fuel cells are simply the same thing running in different directions, but the practice seems to be more elusive.

Interestingly, though, if you click on the more info link to the relevant part of the ABB website, they show a range of charging options, including a battery storage option, but don't yet show the hydrogen/AFC option.

Sorry, but I just had to lol at the (unintended?) pun in a Seaangler recognising a "brave sole" :)