Re: WSJ: Big tech firms seeking power

[Michael Loftis <mloftis () wgops com>]

--On June 16, 2006 5:24:27 PM -0400 Alex Rubenstein <alex () nac net> wrote:


> But wait, there is more. Just a point of comparison -- Oyster Creek
> Nuclear Power generation plant, located here on the Jersey Shore,
> produces 636 megawatts. You'd take one-tenth of that capacity -- in a
> bulding that would sit on a 10 or 20 acre chunk of land. I put this into
> the 'unlikely' category. The substation alone to handle stepping 68
> mwatts from transmission to 480v would be probably 4 acres. And, 68
> megawatts of power at 480 volts 81,888 amps. A typicall 200,000 sq-ft
> multi-tenant office building has 1600 amps of service; this would be the
> equivalent of 50 buildings.
>
> Having fun yet?

I happen to know that a very large power line project was just finished in 
that area :)  (I have family that works for the company that did the job). 
It's a huge amount of power that's for sure.  I'm not sure what the exact 
route was, nor the endpoint right now, but when I did ask him at the time 
it didn't make sense....Now it might.  I'll talk to him again.