Thread: Horror heatwave blackout fears for Victoria

Originally Posted by Geedublya

The weather is much the same here (Mount Colah) and my solar has produced 9kWh so far here today, yesterday was a lot brighter but still mostly overcast and we totalled 50kWh. Considering my average daily usage is 19kWh I think those totals are significant.

Ended up at 14.6kWh for the day.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Is any of it being produced locally or is everything coming from Denmark?

All over Europe and some components from China , no local content that I know of.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

As I sit here at Avoca Beach in the drizzling rain and absolutely no wind, I wonder how much solar power ( or wind power for that matter) is being produced in the entire Central Coast.
The answer to my theoretical question is NONE .

Regards Philip A

Yes, but the point is that it was sunny with light winds in, for example, central Victoria where the wind farms are and we have this national grid ...

Originally Posted by loanrangie

All over Europe and some components from China , no local content that I know of.

Pity.

renewables have failed us again on the days we need the most power

total demand 11859MW
total renewables 662MW



5.6%

Valid point Eevo.

One thing I noticed this afternoon was Vic using a massive amount of hydro.

It is quite reasonable to assume that this stored resource is available because of the expansion of the wind /solar sector in the vacuum of a lack of new coal fired generation.

The reasons for the lack of new coal fired generation are multi-faceted and I watch all this with no opinion either way

When the wind has been blowing and the sun has risen sometimes hydro stays available on the shelf charged up and ready to go I would like to think.

cheers, DL

Need more interstate connectors so available power can be moved around. For example, Snowy Hydro 2.0 will need about $2b in transmission upgrades to be able to deliver it's full potential output.

And another interconnector is planned to deliver Tasmanian hydro to SE Oz.