The war against renewable energy

[Carn The Berries]

Correct. England close their last coal mine with abot 6 times our population and Albanenese still arguing we need coal.
Abanese= Climate bastard.

And nuclear is a non-insignificant part of their current energy mix.

Energy Sources in the UK: Everything You Need to Know in 2024

In this article we’ll explore the UK’s energy mix and how this is expected to change in the future to help the UK meet its net zero targets.

greenly.earth

I have found it very interesting the amount of people pointing to the UK as a bastion of what should be done, but still howling that nuclear isn't a feasible option.

For the record. I don't like the idea of nuclear and am in no way advocating for it, merely pointing out that it has enabled the UK to ditch coal (pun intended).

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Murdoch finds away to turn competition and declining prices into a negative.
The blood bath is happening because the car industry has been a disgrace for years.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/motoring-news/ev-chinese-cars-2024-mitsubishi-boss-predicts-australia-bloodbath/news-story/691ccba3d5a156ddaa2d6460bf6c9f04?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=News.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2c8RM0foEeYN-Xh-7gqiErvQ_KCCihDvtpjpBEGGRtwOyN0fDj44ZZAjE_aem_mfbYZX4Ur2hQ1GH2BdmDCg#57bzigvabpc

I used to be pretty bullish about the Australian auto industry.
They did a lot right. They made reliable vehicles that were not overpriced.

Right now i don't give a rats tossbag if new importers move in and the old importers suffer.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

And nuclear is a non-insignificant part of their current energy mix.

Energy Sources in the UK: Everything You Need to Know in 2024

In this article we’ll explore the UK’s energy mix and how this is expected to change in the future to help the UK meet its net zero targets.

greenly.earth

I have found it very interesting the amount of people pointing to the UK as a bastion of what should be done, but still howling that nuclear isn't a feasible option.

For the record. I don't like the idea of nuclear and am in no way advocating for it, merely pointing out that it has enabled the UK to ditch coal (pun intended).

If we just moved Australia to Norway and got rid of 4/5 of our population, we could just run it all on Hydro.
Simples.

( and so are the people who think that the solution is simple ).

 

[peetoo]

Dropped some visitors off at their city hotel, but found the options to do this very limited.

Drop off zones were always rare in Melbourne, but today there was a green bike lane - which I support - but pulled in on the lane and after 30 seconds. Cyclist let me know about it.

I see his point of view, but unless ‘parking’ is allowed, unless you are bus or taxi, what I did is now illegal. To stop outside the bike lane would have been in the only lane with vehicular traffic.

I think a serious sector has been overlooked here. We see all the graphics about single driver cars being bad, but where is the advocate for ride sharers?

It would be even worse if there were increased cycle traffic, unsafe to let people out of your car with cyclists making crossing a green lane dangerous

 

[Captivating]

Green lanes are an overreach. They've already reduced city traffic to 30 or 40km/h so why the need for green lanes other than to clearly signal - we don't want cars in the city.

Melbourne city counsel and Lord Mayor want everyone to come back into the city, but only if they come in by bike or public transport.

 

[peetoo]

Green lanes are an overreach. They've already reduced city traffic to 30 or 40km/h so why the need for green lanes other than to clearly signal - we don't want cars in the city.

Melbourne city counsel and Lord Mayor want everyone to come back into the city, but only if they come in by bike or public transport.

Or book a taxi it seems. Why would something be illegal in a private car but not a taxi?

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Green lanes are an overreach. They've already reduced city traffic to 30 or 40km/h so why the need for green lanes other than to clearly signal - we don't want cars in the city.

Melbourne city counsel and Lord Mayor want everyone to come back into the city, but only if they come in by bike or public transport.

would make sense if they built big carparks on the outskirts close to transport hubs.
But in typical aussie government fashion, they just get push out the cars without supplying alternatives.

Normally if i go to Marvel stadium to the footy, i use the Casino car park , very close to the freeway , but they caught on and put their prices way up.

 

[peetoo]

At tleast the green markings raised my awareness that cycle traffic might be there. It’s just there’s nowhere to stop even for 30 seconds

 

[nut]

Didn't realise the Australian Automobile Association was a Murdoch news rubbish

Electric Vehicle Index - Australian Automobile Association

www.aaa.asn.au

In the past 12 months, Hybrids have grown 7.5% to 14.9% of the market. Battery EV have declined from 8.7 to 8%

Also the PW report is also saying that nearly all of the growth in EVs is due to hybrids.

“Australia is part of that (slightly condescending) rest-of-world figure, but we can tell you looking at local data that year-to-date 69,962 fully electric vehicles have been sold, compared to 65,743 this time last year. That’s a 6.5 per cent increase.”

Electric car sales fact vs fiction: Here's what to say when somebody tells you there's an electric car sales slump as BYD Seal, MG4 and lots of new brands sales continue to grow | Analysis - Car News

If one more person tells you there’s a slump in electric vehicle sales ask them: “Where?”. See, in some countries the sales records for EVs are breaking, but others they’re not.

www.carsguide.com.au

 

[Power Raid]

Is net zero ever really going to be achieved?

Hopes for green hydrogen fading as energy giant Origin walks away from flagship project

A project held up as a flagship for Australia's fledgling green hydrogen industry loses its biggest backer as Origin Energy abandons plans for the fuel.

www.abc.net.au

Green hydrogen works but green hydrogen from electrolysis as pursued by heats, fmg, origin and just about everyone else doesn’t


Electrolysis equals

• PFAS (forever chemicals - cancer & foetal mortality)
• ammonia (destroys marine life)
• doesn’t work with green energy

Curtin and Lincoln Labs have solutions that work which may save the sector

Meanwhile we as the tax payer have lost billions backing technologies that kill

 

[SaintsSeptember]

At tleast the green markings raised my awareness that cycle traffic might be there. It’s just there’s nowhere to stop even for 30 seconds

Its not illegal to park in a Bicycle lane, unless there is a "No Parking" sign on display.
You have to give way to Bicycles already in the lane, but if they come up from behind and abuse you, feel free to abuse them back. I hate Bicycle Nazi's. ( even though i love riding my e-bike ).

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Just in case anyone was waiting to rush out and get one of these.

Tesla Model 2 scrapped as Elon Musk says £25k EV is “pointless” | Auto Express

Priorities have shifted from an entry-level Tesla Model 2 to the autonomous Robotaxi

www.autoexpress.co.uk

Sorry. Elon is full of it.

He lied when he said they were going to build it.
He lied when he said it hadn't been cancelled.
Not going to invest in Robocabs.

 

[nut]

Just in case anyone was waiting to rush out and get one of these.

Tesla Model 2 scrapped as Elon Musk says £25k EV is “pointless” | Auto Express

Priorities have shifted from an entry-level Tesla Model 2 to the autonomous Robotaxi

www.autoexpress.co.uk

Sorry. Elon is full of it.

He lied when he said they were going to build it.
He lied when he said it hadn't been cancelled.
Not going to invest in Robocabs.

Well he is protected by tariffs now so he doesnt have to compete with better and cheaper Chinese options.

 

[nut]

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Big batteries lead renewable charge as record 45 gigawatts of new capacity seeks grid connection​

Big batteries lead renewable charge as record 45 gigawatts of new capacity seeks grid connection

AEMO reports significant increase in the capacity of new wind, solar and storage projects seeking a grid connection, with the total now exceeding 45 gigawatts for the first time.

reneweconomy.com.au

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Well he is protected by tariffs now so he doesnt have to compete with better and cheaper Chinese options.

If China is cheaper, why do our Tesla 3's ( from China ) cost so much?

BYD seem to be much better value here, or some of the Korean Brands.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

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Big batteries lead renewable charge as record 45 gigawatts of new capacity seeks grid connection​

Big batteries lead renewable charge as record 45 gigawatts of new capacity seeks grid connection

AEMO reports significant increase in the capacity of new wind, solar and storage projects seeking a grid connection, with the total now exceeding 45 gigawatts for the first time.

reneweconomy.com.au

Its kind of hard to get a handle on how much Battery capacity we actually have when they report it like that.

45GW of Coal capacity will probably produce 45GW for 24 hours most days. So 1080GWH per day.
45GW of Solar capacity will average 185GWH per day in Victoria. ( It will produce close to 45GW under good conditions ).
45GW of wind , lots of variables, but somewhere around 270GWH per day.

45GW of Battery could be anything. A battery could provide 45GW for 10 minutes, which is 7.5GWh per charge.
Th biggest new projects, near Melbourne is a 2.4GWH battery. ( 1.2 for 2 hours ).
Coal is currently supplying around 3.9 GW for most of the night, so that battery will certainly cut into the crucial evening.

 

[nut]

Its kind of hard to get a handle on how much Battery capacity we actually have when they report it like that.

45GW of Coal capacity will probably produce 45GW for 24 hours most days. So 1080GWH per day.
45GW of Solar capacity will average 185GWH per day in Victoria. ( It will produce close to 45GW under good conditions ).
45GW of wind , lots of variables, but somewhere around 270GWH per day.

45GW of Battery could be anything. A battery could provide 45GW for 10 minutes, which is 7.5GWh per charge.
Th biggest new projects, near Melbourne is a 2.4GWH battery. ( 1.2 for 2 hours ).
Coal is currently supplying around 3.9 GW for most of the night, so that battery will certainly cut into the crucial evening.

It is confusing because usage isn’t constant.
Most of the need for that 3.9GW from coal would be during peak demand.

Storage will need to be ably to supply peak demand and have enough left over for the rest of the night before we can turn off coal.

I’m assuming batteries will take care of the high peak periods and wind and hydro will take over.
Gas will be the emergency generator.
A mix of solar, storage, wind and Hydro.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

It is confusing because usage isn’t constant.
Most of the need for that 3.9GW from coal would be during peak demand.

Storage will need to be ably to supply peak demand and have enough left over for the rest of the night before we can turn off coal.

I’m assuming batteries will take care of the high peak periods and wind and hydro will take over.
Gas will be the emergency generator.
A mix of solar, storage, wind and Hydro.

They ( the media ) need to report battery capacity in MWH instead of MW, otherwise its meaningless.
Most of the more specific articles do, though i'm not sure if they understand it, or just copy what the companies building the batteries tell them.

 

[nut]

Retailers are making a killing at the moment and those able to use free electricity.
Amber passing on the wholesale spot price.

 

[CD Xbow]

Yet another nail in the coffin of fossil fuels, flexible solar panels courtesy of own CSIRO. That CSIRO that invented spread spectrum tech underlying all modern communications, the same CSIRO that ex Queensland copper Peter Dutton bags so confidently. These achieve 15.5% efficiency, putting them on a par to current commercial cells. Flexible cells have been around for ages but with poor efficiency. Produced with high level automation these would seem to be commercially viable. I hope we can produce them here and not sell the rights away for peanuts. Read more here -

CSIRO's new printing facility could put a solar panel in your pocket

Solar panels that can be printed out like newspapers and rolled up to fit in your pocket are one step closer thanks to a new development by CSIRO.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Power Raid]

I don't know what you're talking about but I know that federal Labor are some of the world's biggest climate bastards that are expanding coal and using flawed environmental laws to continue to destroy Australia's envirinment.
If you believe Labor has better climate credentials than the Greens then you truly are a sucker.
Greens policy is based on expert advice and scientific fact, Labor's is based on political motive of being slightly better than Dutton.
Greens have no power to implement policy in the states.

wait until communities find out about PFAS (forever chemicals) in the hydrogen electrolysers and that ammonia destroys marine life (hello Gladstone Hydrogen Hub on the Great barrier Reef).

to be fair Labor didn't know as groups like Hysata, Fortescue and Siemens misrepresent their PFAS as "polymers"

 

[Power Raid]

Yet another nail in the coffin of fossil fuels, flexible solar panels courtesy of own CSIRO. That CSIRO that invented spread spectrum tech underlying all modern communications, the same CSIRO that ex Queensland copper Peter Dutton bags so confidently. These achieve 15.5% efficiency, putting them on a par to current commercial cells. Flexible cells have been around for ages but with poor efficiency. Produced with high level automation these would seem to be commercially viable. I hope we can produce them here and not sell the rights away for peanuts. Read more here -

CSIRO's new printing facility could put a solar panel in your pocket

Solar panels that can be printed out like newspapers and rolled up to fit in your pocket are one step closer thanks to a new development by CSIRO.

www.abc.net.au

perovskite is a great material to make solar panels but there are many challenges to overcome before they can replace silicon

meanwhile silicon can remain the top dog provided the need for chopping old growth forest down to produce it. Again Australia is leading the way here

 

[nut]

The Market operator asking Battery owners to empty at night so they can absorb more solar.

interesting article and shows how hard is to mix in with Coal generation and any other type of generation that can’t be turned up or down.
It’s actually why gas is important to help get rid of Coal until Battery capacity increases.
Snowy 2 will be massive in this space.

AEMO warns big batteries to expect breakfast call to protect the grid from rooftop solar juggernaut

AEMO details protocols that may see big batteries instructed to discharge and stand by on empty as an alternative to switching off rooftop solar systems.

reneweconomy.com.au

 

[nut]

EVs will transform the grid

EV "batteries on wheels" could save hundreds of billions in grid costs by 2040, report finds

New study finds that using the batteries in electric vehicles (EVs) to store energy and feed back into the grid could save hundreds of billions of dollars.

thedriven.io

 

[SaintsSeptember]

EVs will transform the grid

EV "batteries on wheels" could save hundreds of billions in grid costs by 2040, report finds

New study finds that using the batteries in electric vehicles (EVs) to store energy and feed back into the grid could save hundreds of billions of dollars.

thedriven.io

If the owners all used them that way.
Most humans are lazy.
Most people won't want to dwell on their electricity app like you do.