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[–] 42 points 7 months ago (18 children)

I am surprised that their country isn't mostly working on Solar considering the sun hours they get and the available space.

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  • [–] 52 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Don't get me started, we could be world leaders in renewables, if our politicians weren't funded by mining billionaires and our media wasn't heavily controlled by Murdoch

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Not sure what everyone else is on about we are heavily invested in renewables now:

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (11 children)

    I assume its energy storage problems, and its not efficient enough to import solar and the large amount of batteries required from China yet.

    Maybe if Australia keeps increasing its coal exports to China the price will come down as energy prices fall in China.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (10 children)

    Is it that expensive to import solar pannels from China, I get that infrastructure scale batteries are expensive?

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago* (9 children)

    Total cost of power its very expensive. When you see how cheap solar is that's just the panels, you then have to deal with the intermittency, and the backup power generation for the periods where performance is degraded.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    This is outdated - the LCOE of solar/wind+battery storage is lower than fossil methods of power generation.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (7 children)

    Have a reputable citation?

    Here's why renewables are expensive, which takes all costs into account for 100% uptime of power, without brownouts.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544222018035

    Most studies ignore a lot of cost.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (6 children)

    That study is a massive dumpster fire, and most certainly not a reputable citation

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

    Do you have a study then, dont just come and take a shit.

    I want the study to include storage, and maintenance obviously, and any backup power required for 100% grid reliability.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    You're trying to claim that a study based on the ERCOT numbers during the 2021 Texas winter storm is at all representative of anything. It's worth nothing whatsoever.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    The study included Germany too, did it not?

    The point of the study was including the effects of intermittency and non-dispatchability, which is what makes LCOE a flawed metric.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    There's little point discussing a study that is largely just pure fossil fuel industry propaganda

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    As opposed to green energy companies propaganda that rarely even mention the need for storage? Theres a tangible reason most countries arent fully moving to it for baseload power, its not a conspiracy.

    Heres a longer video on it if you can stomach the fact nuclear is better than solar/wind:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifUaM7uwjqU

    I wont even get into the fact most refining and manufacturing is done in China using subsidized coal, and is why they are the leader in solar/battery production.

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