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    Percentage wise,it depends what is called “nicely profitable”,but in business,I wouldn’t call it that.In fact it’s quite a long way off.Then there was the added cost of the upgrade.

    The battery will also deteriorate over time,possibly have reduced capacity, and need replacing,but who knows when that will be.
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    Tesla guarantee 80% in 8 years for cars but I don't know about Powerwalls.
    One thing Tesla is good at is battery design , control and most important cooling.
    ****house at building cars.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    Percentage wise,it depends what is called “nicely profitable”,but in business,I wouldn’t call it that.In fact it’s quite a long way off.Then there was the added cost of the upgrade.

    The battery will also deteriorate over time,possibly have reduced capacity, and need replacing,but who knows when that will be.
    Oh well, profitable, nicely profitable, it seems their case for justifying it is still sound. From a household perspective however it seems that batterys are not profitable. Batterys I think are typically warranted for 10 years and I can only assume the SA Tesla battery would be at least that. Assumptions hey, right! But all of that information is fairly predicatable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    Tesla guarantee 80% in 8 years for cars but I don't know about Powerwalls.
    One thing Tesla is good at is battery design , control and most important cooling.
    ****house at building cars.
    Regards PhilipA
    I understood the Tesla powerwall has a 10 year warranty. Sadly they wont pay for themselves domestically.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    It's great, someone with integrity and a can do attitude amongst the nay sayers.
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    Yes, electricity generation is a state responsibility anyway, it's just a pity the federal government is delaying the inevitable.

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    Another step forwards with 24 hour energy from a mainly renewable project to lower power costs in the Mt Isa region.

    Renewable energy pitched to create hundreds jobs for North West Queensland
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/$600-million-renewable-energy-vast-solar-mount-isa-hundreds-jobs/12474824

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Another step forwards with 24 hour energy from a mainly renewable project to lower power costs in the Mt Isa region.

    Renewable energy pitched to create hundreds jobs for North West Queensland
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/$600-million-renewable-energy-vast-solar-mount-isa-hundreds-jobs/12474824
    From the posted link

    Vast Solar wants to develop a 50-megawatt power plant that would combine a solar photovoltaic (PV) system, a large-scale battery, and gas engines with solar-thermal power technology using mirrors and receiving towers.
    So how does this work? An interesting concept but the article was short on technical specifics and heavy on community-consultation-speak.

    Do they use PV to reflect the thermal energy towards the towers? PV on individual trackers in order to redirect the reflected heat to a tower? Or is the PV solar farm a separate entity entirely from the thermal plant?

    PPA still to be signed. That'll be the milestone. Getting buy-in.

    Sounds interesting on paper. Did a journal search for any technical analysis but couldn't find any. Any one got any links to any technical reports from the 6MWth (1.1.MWe) pilot plant in Jemalong? Jemalong CSP Pilot Plant – 1.1MWe | Vast Solar

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    Tesla Powerwalls are very popular in Australia.
    BTW The Netherlands top the list because that is the port where they land for Europe.

    https://twitter.com/VedaPrime/status...685229568?s=19

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