The war against renewable energy

[SaintsSeptember]

Exactly

it’s funny how people are complaining about how the government is stealing their solar exports by decreasing feed in tariffs and at the same time complaining about the cost of electricity and the cost of renewables. The reason the feed in tariffs are falling is because the wholesale price is falling.
What we need is the government to start to pressure retailers to pass on the falling prices.

They energy retailers gouge for sure, but for fixed rate billing they also need to cover the cost of electricity when solar is not available.
The wholesale rate is cheapest ( or negative ) at times of high solar, and that's when those with rooftop solar are producing it. Essentially no-one wants to pay you for your electricity when its worth a negative amount.

We renewed our contract for electricity a couple of years ago, and at the time all the major retailers thought the wholesale price was going to go up. ( There had been supply issues ), turned out they didn't and we should see pricing come down now. Businesses are conservative, and the market has been fairly volatile and its now subject to the weather. I don't think they are colluding and the more confident they are in the wholesale prices, the more they will drop their prices.

We'd be much better if it was all state owned.

Power Generation Company --- Costs + Profit.
Power Transmission --- Costs + Profit.
Power Re-Selling - ( minimal cost ) + Profit.
Three lots of profit.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

What those graph shows is the potential disaster India could become if we don’t show leadership and set an example…
Imagine India not GAF because Australia doesn’t….. etc..

India really don't give a shit about Australia apart from the Cricket.
Where do you get this idea that everyone follows Australia's example.
Delusional.

If India are taking leadership from anyone, its not Australia.

Nuclear Power in India - World Nuclear Association

India has a largely indigenous nuclear power programme and has ambitious plans to expand nuclear capacity. The country has a vision of becoming a world leader in nuclear technology due to its expertise in fast reactors and thorium fuel cycle.

world-nuclear.org

They will be fine in the future.

 

[nut]

India really don't give a shit about Australia apart from the Cricket.
Where do you get this idea that everyone follows Australia's example.
Delusional.

If India are taking leadership from anyone, its not Australia.

Nuclear Power in India - World Nuclear Association

India has a largely indigenous nuclear power programme and has ambitious plans to expand nuclear capacity. The country has a vision of becoming a world leader in nuclear technology due to its expertise in fast reactors and thorium fuel cycle.

world-nuclear.org

They will be fine in the future.

At the end of the day Renewables will win because they are cheaper…

 

[Saint]

India really don't give a shit about Australia apart from the Cricket.
Where do you get this idea that everyone follows Australia's example.
Delusional.

If India are taking leadership from anyone, its not Australia.

Nuclear Power in India - World Nuclear Association

India has a largely indigenous nuclear power programme and has ambitious plans to expand nuclear capacity. The country has a vision of becoming a world leader in nuclear technology due to its expertise in fast reactors and thorium fuel cycle.

world-nuclear.org

They will be fine in the future.

India's Renewables have gone from 23% in 2020 to 41% in 2023. They're growing and diversifying solar and have historic hydro which they're expanding and looking into pumped hydro.

They have more Pumped Hydro in production (27GW) than Nuclear.

Anything will be better than coal. God knows where India while store their nuclear waste, it's an earthquake and cyclone-prone country. Currently, they store it on-site at the power plants like most other places without a decent long term storage plan (see most nuclear countries).

 

[SaintsSeptember]

India's Renewables have gone from 23% in 2020 to 41% in 2023. They're growing and diversifying solar and have historic hydro which they're expanding and looking into pumped hydro.

They have more Pumped Hydro in production (27GW) than Nuclear.

Anything will be better than coal. God knows where India while store their nuclear waste, it's an earthquake and cyclone-prone country. Currently, they store it on-site at the power plants like most other places without a decent long term storage plan (see most nuclear countries).

I saw an article where melting of the polar ice might mean that India can get Russian Coal shipped through the Bering strait. I wondered if those proposing it recognised the dark irony.