Thread: Grid can go 75% renewable

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Wholesale electricity prices have fallen to a five-year low thanks to household solar power and Covid restrictions reducing demand.

Rooftop solar and Covid shutdown lead to record lows in Australian electricity use | Australia news | The Guardian

Happy to share Mick not happy to be exploited for other greedy sods to profit from myself. The second I can store and use all my excess Solar PV I will. Chuckle about the threats to have Authorities take control of your solar export to the grid- On Authority- Think Respect my authoritah <strong>
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I assume changes occurring will allow us all a lot more flexibility not a lot more regulations. Its odd that the old school ANTI efficient changes which are rapidly becoming cheaper are still rubbished and belittled by some. Such Is Life R.O.I. is a key overlooked by some still.

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Originally Posted by Eevo

oh boy, cant wait for my power bill to come down!

Reductions are wholesale, so maybe you should complain to your retailer, who is pocketing the savings.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Reductions are wholesale, so maybe you should complain to your retailer, who is pocketing the savings.

but the wholesale price is not coming down.

The wholesale price changes every five minutes on the national market, so it's hard to calculate.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The wholesale price changes every five minutes on the national market, so it's hard to calculate.

thats the spot price.

if you add them all up and divide them, you get an average.
the average is not going down.

All of South Australia's power comes from solar panels in world first for major jurisdiction
All of South Australia'&#39;'s power comes from solar panels in world first for major jurisdiction - ABC News

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

All of South Australia's power comes from solar panels in world first for major jurisdiction
All of South Australia'''s power comes from solar panels in world first for major jurisdiction - ABC News

It needs to be read in conjunction with the following:

Solar power contributes to cheaper energy but also 'critical' grid instability, warns ESB



Solar power contributes to cheaper energy but also '''critical''' grid instability, warns ESB - ABC News

"The grid is congested, it's weighed down and it's not coping with the rapid change that's occurring across the energy system at the moment," added Mr Thornton.

Dr Schott warned that the surge in renewables also posed a return threat to the grid and its ability to consistently keep the lights on.

"The system wasn't built for it [renewables], but neither was anyone else's system in the world and everyone is going through the same type of change," she said.

It's okay, they are already moving to cope with that.