PRIVATE POWER PLANT
Amidst all the talk about centralised generation a mistaken view has become evident regarding the place of the private generating plant in the new scheme of things. Despite views to the contrary, ai‘ English paper thinks that in the remote rural districts which are not likely to obtain a public supply for some years to come the installation of private plants should be definitely encouraged. People who have once used electricity, however it may be supplied, will never willingly relinquish its use, and however many private plants there may be in outlying districts the majority will go. over to a public supply if and when such a service becomes available. Mr B. M. Drake claimed that private generating plants driven by engines using heavy-grade oil can often generate electricity more cheaply than it could be obtained from super-stations when the heavy _ cost of transmission mains is taken into account, and he pointed out that there is still plenty of scop© for the wider application of the private plant without’ touching in any way the interests of public supply undertakings.
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Evening Star, Issue 19741, 16 December 1927, Page 2
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182PRIVATE POWER PLANT Evening Star, Issue 19741, 16 December 1927, Page 2
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