Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[jrb]

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Come on JRB, your audience awaits.

Apologies, won't be able to post all the pictures until tomorrow morning. Here's one from yesterday.

Clive to enlarge.

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[blueday]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

Come on JRB, your audience awaits.

Apologies, won't be able to post all the pictures until tomorrow morning. Here's one from yesterday.

Clive to enlarge.

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Who's Clive? Why do you want him to enlarge?

 

[Burtonblue]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

We did explore a wind powered generator but was canned on safety grounds, there is also talk that there is insufficient powere available on the site and this may be delaying further ground expansion. Then there is the bridge sponsor being an energy company so I wouldn't dismiss the story entirely

presumably a solar generated power station

In Manchester? That's like trying to run a moped on monkey spunk.

That made me giggle.
Take a bow sir!

 

[squirtyflower]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

We did explore a wind powered generator but was canned on safety grounds, there is also talk that there is insufficient powere available on the site and this may be delaying further ground expansion. Then there is the bridge sponsor being an energy company so I wouldn't dismiss the story entirely

presumably a solar generated power station

In Manchester? That's like trying to run a moped on monkey spunk.

heathen Tyke casting aspersions on our sunny city

 

[BlueAnorak]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-city-in-talks-build-5209136

Remember this story from a couple of years ago...
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24653967" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-24653967</a>

Plan to heat Manchester homes with geothermal spring approved
Boreholes up to two miles (3.2km) deep will be drilled in Manchester to use a thermal spring to heat homes.
Proposals by GT Energy for the exploratory drilling in the Ardwick area have been approved by the council.
If the two boreholes are successful, further plans will be submitted to create a network of underground pipes taking heat to houses.
GT Energy says it will reduce energy costs for 6,000 homes and businesses.
The initial boreholes will be installed at the junction of Devonshire Street and Coverdale Crescent.
If the plan goes ahead, they will be used to extract geothermal water, which would be passed through an underground energy centre at a rate of 50 litres per second.
It would then heat properties in the Ardwick and Oxford Road Corridor areas via underground pipes.
Energy Minister Greg Barker has previously said it would be one of the largest geothermal projects in the country.
Drilling rigs are 40m (130ft) high and the plant will take 12 months to build. The water temperature underground, in the ancient Cheshire Basin reservoir, is about 100C (212F).
One geothermal plant is already in operation in Southampton, and another is in development in Newcastle.
There are 210 similar projects in operation across Europe, with 4,000 more in the planning.

If a power station is built, it will probably be Geothermal as recent advances in heat exchange technology mean you can generate power from water at about 100 degrees centigrade.

 

[cleavers]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

presumably a solar generated power station

In Manchester? That's like trying to run a moped on monkey spunk.

heathen Tyke casting aspersions on our sunny city

Its a myth that you need sunshine to create solar power (clearly its useful), but all you really need is daylight, and Manchester in summer, even on a dull day gets 12+ hours of that for 4 months.

 

[Centurions]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-city-in-talks-build-5209136

Manchester City 'in talks to build their own power station next to £200m Etihad Campus training ground'
22 February 2015 03:57 PM Ricky Charlesworth
Premier League champions could be set to build sub-station on site of state-of-the-art training complex as off-field developments continue
Football-fans-arrive-by-tram-at-the-Etihad-Campus-stop.jpg PA
Development: Manchester City have invested heavily in their off-field facilities
Manchester City are already a footballing super-power on the pitch - now they could be about to build their own power station off it.

The Premier League holders are in discussions to construct a sub-station nearby their state-of-the-art Etihad Campus training ground.

The 200-acre site, which opened last year , uses so much energy that City have installed an energy centre.

In pictures: Manchester City open £200million Football Academy with state-of-the-art facilities


Council bosses are now in talks with the club as they continue developments to the East Manchester site.

A source told the Sun on Sunday: "The club expects to use a lot of power and the council does not want it draining the local supply.

"And it looks like the locals might get some cheaper energy too, so everyone's a winner.

"The new site will be huge and could even include a hotel."

David Silva celebrates with his team mates after scoring the fourth goal for Manchester City.
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A power station or a substation? You'd have thought that even the Mirror would have known there's a slight difference between the two.

 

[FanchesterCity]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

In Manchester? That's like trying to run a moped on monkey spunk.

heathen Tyke casting aspersions on our sunny city

Its a myth that you need sunshine to create solar power (clearly its useful), but all you really need is daylight, and Manchester in summer, even on a dull day gets 12+ hours of that for 4 months.

I think you'll find daylight is sunshine

 

[supercity88]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

heathen Tyke casting aspersions on our sunny city

Its a myth that you need sunshine to create solar power (clearly its useful), but all you really need is daylight, and Manchester in summer, even on a dull day gets 12+ hours of that for 4 months.

I think you'll find daylight is sunshine

Not if there are clouds in the way!

 

[jrb]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Threa

Posted on SSC first, hence the additional details.

The rest of the pictures from Saturday. Must admit, the daylight was shocking before the match. It did improve a little later, and when I took the pictures from the other side of the stadium.

From the bridge.

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Ground level.

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That's where 1/3 of the away support will be moved to next season. 3rd tier, right-hand-side corner. Moving out of blocks 115 and half of 114 on the South Stand lower tier.

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Note: The first section of mesh cladding has been added to hide the underneath of the terracing and the plant equipment.

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End sections of the roof beams in place. Waiting to be completed.

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Inside the stadium.

First two pictures taken from the middle and front of the stand. Just to give a perspective.

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Sergio scores from the penalty spot. Newcastle support to our left.("One tier, you only sold one tier!") Half of the away end is being given over to the new singing section next season. The away fans will only have one and a half blocks in the lower tier next season.

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East stand lower concourse, opposite blocks 111 and 110. (I take it it isn't going to be left like that?)

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Block 112 onwards for 3 blocks is the away end. Hence the need for the metal barriers.

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Internal roof supports.

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Taken after the match. Side terrace wall being added.

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South Stand from a distance.

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Phew! Off for a cup of tea. :-)