Build cost Solar farm is at least half cost of coal plant. Running costs Solar 5c Coal 25c / kWh Upkeep Each 25 years replace solar panels. At that time cost should be half. Batteries Grid co...
Nuclear better on cost, waste, build time. Remove nuclear ban and get on with it. Australia has lots of stable land for waste. Report says nuclear power is cheaper than solar. SMR come fr...
If AGL believes that renewables is the answer…. Why not wait until the infrastructure is ready? We have plenty of coal & gas to keep up our requirements…BUT WE Do not have 10000 kms of transmissi...
AEMO says we will have blackouts in 2 years. Lost 8GW of energy (4 coal power plants) nothing will replace it in next 2 years. Backouts likely to occur quicker, Existing coal power plants...
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WIth the news that Alinta Energy has purchased the Loy Tang B power station in the Latrobe Valley, I'm interested to hear wh...
Maximize grid use with one-way energy flow. Someone could look out the window to see when sun comes up then change flow homes to local sub-station. Design small street storage box for homes without...
Gas is not needed. Build solar farms for extra energy without using batteries cost of coal 25c solar 5c /kWh coal 5-9 pm solar 7-5 pm 2person household uses 12 kW /day say 7-5pm use 5 kW save 2...
A solar farm is automated so less jobs, but the cheap energy produced creates many jobs in other business if savings passed on. It appears energy companies are not passing on savings to t...
CST Concentrated Solar Thermal Spain has 2.3 GW, US 1.7 GW. We make mirrors and everything else this needs. Like tower option which can heat from sun at 1500 times. Molten salt can store heat, ...