Creeping Lava Now Threatens Major Hawaiian Power Plant (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Molten lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has entered the grounds of Puna Geothermal Venture, a geothermal power plant that provides about 25 percent of the Big Island's power. The 38 Megawatt Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) power plant, which is located in the east rift zone of the Kilauea volcano, was shut down soon after the eruptions began on May 3. Yesterday, lava from Fissure 22 came to within 820 feet (250 meters) of the plant's nearest well pad before stalling, as Reuters reports. Overnight, workers managed to cap the 11th and final well at the facility in anticipation of the lava eventually reaching the facility, and to prevent the uncontrollable release of toxic gases. Mercifully, the lava flow stopped at a ridge near the PGV plant, but as the events of the past two weeks have shown, Mount Kilauea is in an extremely volatile state. The HCCD said Fissure 22 is producing most of the lava feeding the flows, so the situation near the power plant remains precarious.
Geothermal power always has the liability that it sits on geologically active ground. Sure the lava will go some other direction most of the time, but the law of averages says it's always going to be a risk.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
Good thing it's not an Nuclear power plant!
How about it Tesla? Batteries, ready to spread solar power plant, multiplicity of connector types on a ship, always ready go in the case of a emergency. Cities are hard to keep safe if the water pressure drops enough for a week or more.
too.
It blows up real good!
I misread it as "creeping Java", and thought it was about a software boondoggle for power plant infrastructure control.
Here's a fun conspiracy: the PHB's are trying to hide their software flub but triggering a volcano to cover it up: literally and figuratively. Kind of a HI version of Office Space.
Table-ized A.I.
Um, Why hasn't a concerted effort been made to build a berm uphill from the power plant to divert the lava?
Caution: Contents under pressure
Also, unlike in 'Murika, Icelanders are know quite well not to piss off the elves.
The two laws of safety regarding volcanos:
First law: You don't build near a volcano. Ever. For any reason.
Second law: If you absolutely have to build near a volcano, refer to the first law.
Much useful information in this article at Hawaii Civil Beat: http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/...
Short quote (there's a lot more at the link):
https://www.facebook.com/BenLambiotte/videos/10155536086348027/
Why can't those that run nuke plants learn to shut things down in a safe way at the first sign of trouble?
get off the volcano. If you can stand it, more power to you.
Let it burn and cover the island in wind farms and solar panels...who cares about wildlife and fauna.