VibeSurgeon comments on This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables

This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables (www.newscientist.com)

submitted 9 months ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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edit maybe the state is South Australia, or at least that is what the comments said but idk

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Basically free power most of the time and very expensive sometimes seems like a slam dunk for deploying battery storage to be honest

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz [S] 2 points 9 months ago

Haven't you read the studies about how batteries kill whales though?

Natural gas is far safer for nature and I arrived at this position entirely organically.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

yep batteries are definitely all the rage, especially with solar farms getting fuck all out of their stuff these last few years as the daytime price keeps going negative

The first Tailem Bend solar farm was the second big solar project in South Australia, after the 220 MW Bungala solar farms near Port Augusta. Those facilities are also heavily curtailed, and Bungala’s joint owners Potentia Energy are considering a big battery at that site too.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/construction-starts-on-new-south-australian-big-battery-choosing-a-merchant-route-to-market/

https://explore.openelectricity.org.au/capacity/nem/?range=all&interval=1M&view=discrete-time&group=Detailed

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