22-09-2024, 08:11 AM
(16-09-2024, 08:16 PM)harm_less Wrote:Will do.(16-09-2024, 06:56 PM)nzoomed Wrote: [snip]The situation it describes with Australia having to move towards batteries to timeshift their significant domestic solar generation capacity serves to highlight just how valuable our hydro storage capacity is in its ability to buffer intermittent solar and wind generation.
This article is a good read.
https://theconversation.com/with-a-milli...ves-237851
Incentivising up take of rooftop solar and domestic battery installation is just as relevant here in NZ as for Australia, particularly to mitigate transmission investment and electricity transmission losses. It's just frustrating to see the fossil fuel lobby queering the advance of an elegant solution to future energy needs.
Check out my reply to CT in his Shane Jones thread in Politics for more on the current problems with NZ's electricity sector.
Australia will need to address timeshifting with batteries for sure with their spread out time zones.
It also looks like there is a very ambitious project planned to generate solar power and export to southeast Asia via an undersea.
We can expect the oil industry to lobby things for sure, but they are very aware of the situation they are in and have been quietly investing in power generation and my fear is that the same crowd will end up controlling the energy sector.
We are not really seeing this in new zealand yet, but it's inevitable I feel.
That's one reason I'm more eager to install solar to save on energy costs.
Have also been reading this article here, looks like China is really moving fast with solar and EVs and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-21/m.../104016030