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Ride Availability/Operations 2022-25

Leigh said:
Towers should disconnect from the national grid entirely. Start their own self sustaining power generation facility just for them. Since clearly we’re in bizarro fantasy land now aren’t we?
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Well if Magic Kingdom wanted to build their own nuclear power station at one point (and still have planning permission for it), why can't the company that's "second only to Disney" do the same?
 
I think we need significant advancements in renewable energy to occur before Alton can rely solely upon it, unfortunately!

I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually do that thing that parks like Paultons have done and build solar panels over the car parks, but solar can only provide so much of the park’s power.

Not to mention that as others have said, the likes of hydroelectric are not terribly feasible forms of alternative electricity for Alton. If they were by the coast or a river estuary, maybe, but not where they are now.
 
Matt N said:
I think we need significant advancements in renewable energy to occur before Alton can rely solely upon it, unfortunately!

I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually do that thing that parks like Paultons have done and build solar panels over the car parks, but solar can only provide so much of the park’s power.

Not to mention that as others have said, the likes of hydroelectric are not terribly feasible forms of alternative electricity for Alton. If they were by the coast or a river estuary, maybe, but not where they are now.
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I believe Paultons did say majority of their park is now powered by Solar
 
I'd be interested to know if "the majority of the park" includes any actual rides. Food, retail, lighting etc. seems believable. But rides where safety is critical doesn't sound like something you should be powering off something as fickle as solar.
 
DiogoJ42 said:
I'd be interested to know if "the majority of the park" includes any actual rides. Food, retail, lighting etc. seems believable. But rides where safety is critical doesn't sound like something you should be powering off something as fickle as solar.
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solar isn't too flickery, it is connected to the grid still (and often puts energy back into the grid)

I would guess the solar panels are connected to the grid, and everything else are connected to the grid but mostly separately thus the energy generated goes into the grid, then the rides pull power from the grid.
 
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