ACT goes 100% renewable

**biggin** · 18th May 2019, 07:01 AM

No! Not at all.
Friday night is not a time I should be posting.

**trout1105** · 18th May 2019, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

It means they will be putting into the grid as much as they draw from it.

I admit that it is a step in the right direction But "Effectively" 100% renewable and "Actually" 100% renewable are two Very different things.
100% renewable power to me is where 0% of the power used is sourced from fossil fuels, This won't be the case in Canberra regardless of how much power it puts back into the grid.

DiscoMick · 18th May 2019, 08:11 AM

If the rest of the country copied the ACT this country would be 100% renewable.
It can be done. Britain has just gone a whole week without burning a single lump of coal

**Milton477** · 18th May 2019, 08:12 AM

Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story.

**trout1105** · 18th May 2019, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

If the rest of the country copied the ACT this country would be 100% renewable.
It can be done. Britain has just gone a whole week without burning a single lump of coal

If the rest of the country did the same as Canberra where would we get the power from when the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining.
Without a reliable and cost effective National electricity storage system fossil fuels are our ONLY option at the moment if the renewables are not producing the power needed 24/7.

**Slunnie** · 18th May 2019, 11:13 AM

Just having a read. Great to see ACT buying in so much renewable energy via the grid. It was also good to see that last year SA was 53% renewable and Tasmania was almost totally working on renewable. Rest of the states need to get their act together with NSW 15%, QLD 10%, WA 16% and Victoria 21%. For renewables, about 1/3 comes from Hydro, 1/3 from Wind and 20% from small scale solar.

It will be interesting to see if there is any shift in government direction on this after todays election.

DiscoMick · 18th May 2019, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by trout1105

If the rest of the country did the same as Canberra where would we get the power from when the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining.
Without a reliable and cost effective National electricity storage system fossil fuels are our ONLY option at the moment if the renewables are not producing the power needed 24/7.

Australia is a big country and the sun is always shining and the wind is always blowing somewhere.

**101RRS** · 18th May 2019, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Australia is a big country and the sun is always shining somewhere.

Well no its not - in winter the whole continent is in darkness for about 10 hours and in summer for about 6-8 hours or so.

**trout1105** · 18th May 2019, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Australia is a big country and the sun is always shining and the wind is always blowing somewhere.

Seriously?
Where did you get that information from, The Guardian??

**350RRC** · 18th May 2019, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Australia is a big country and the sun is always shining and the wind is always blowing somewhere.

I'm a fan of the move to renewables in a reasonably sensible, short timeframe.

Statements like that are just counterproductive to this transformation. Just makes the advocates look stoopid.

A major emerging issue is the ability of the grid in a lot of areas of this bloody 'big country' to get the power from where the 'sun is always shining and the wind is always blowing' (hehe) to where it can be used by the grid proper (as it exists today, in need of radical change), to store or distribute energy for use.

Especially in Victoria.

cheers, DL

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