Tesla Megapack

[chuckChuck]

Some numbers:

[furrowtickler]

Let’s see some relevant solar panel data from between 50 - 60 deg northern latitudes.
Not data from mid latitude Southern Hemisphere. Solar data from Australia is meaningless here other than useless discussions.
This is how some of you view science ? Cherry picking data is not relevant... sorry .

[tweety]

Seriously how the hell can you compare Australia to Canada ??? What is wrong with you ?
We have 5 months of limited sun and freezing temps !!!!!!

Solar panels are more efficient in winter, but yes unfortunately the day is short.

The Albany wind farm is a success story in Australia and provides 80% of the power needs for Albany.

But, why is it successful? Wind blows really strong for about 359 days a year.

Putting a wind farm where the wind blows all the time makes sense. Many installations make no sense at all.

So after all the build up, Tesla announced cobalt free cathodes, and a tabless battery design that increases power density. Also they will be making their own cells.

Toyota/Panasonic is still working on their solid state battery, much higher density then Lithium, but it fails after several charges. They are convinced they will figure it out. The prototype vehicles were to be at the show this year, but covid stopped that. Best part, charging times of like 15 minutes and 10% capacity loss over 30 years. QuantumScape (VW) plans to have SSB's by 2025. Dyson is on the train as well. No one is sitting around.

Wind always blows .... lol

sure as **** doesn't blow when we are combining , only spraying

Seriously how the hell can you compare Australia to Canada ??? What is wrong with you ?
We have 5 months of limited sun and freezing temps !!!!!!

the proof is in the pudding
he is a few bricks short of a load

[furrowtickler]

You are fear mongering. All systems have some reliability issues with or without renewables. Australia is coping with their large uptake of renewables. Fossil sources aren’t paying for health costs, pollution, environmental degradation nor the cost of climate change. So the hidden costs are not included in the current prices. Yes it’s going to cost something to transition to cleaner energy sources. But the cost of doing nothing will be much higher. Btw the Australian Energy Council That represents 22 generation companies said that private forecasts Are not indicating any significant issues. Read the article you posted!

Seriously how the hell can you compare Australia to Canada ??? What is wrong with you ?
We have 5 months of limited sun and freezing temps !!!!!!

[chuckChuck]

You didn't address the costs.

Is "most expensive in the world" a bug or a feature of this renewable energy success story?

Did that many posts ago, Australia deregulated their system to a large degree so there are a number of reasons why there electricity costs are higher and renewables are only a portion of the responsibility for higher prices. You need to stop blaming renewables for everything! LOL

BTW Canada gets 60% of their electricity already renewables .....from hydro! So yes Australia and Canada are different. But wind and solar work here as well. Just ask Sask power!

[malleefarmer]

Comparing canada to australia is like comparing shitte to clay.

Might look similar but........

Could be wrong but thinking glen has a holiday house in oz he know way more about the nuts and bolts of electricity here than I.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

You didn't address the costs.

Is "most expensive in the world" a bug or a feature of this renewable energy success story?

[chuckChuck]

Chuck, this is where oneoff's saying, if you put enough horsepower behind anything it will fly comes in. In this case, money.
Most expensive electricity in the world is a small side effect:
https://electricityandgas.com.au/article/aussies-paying-highest-energy-prices-in-the-world/ https://electricityandgas.com.au/article/aussies-paying-highest-energy-prices-in-the-world/
As are billions in subsidies :
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://stopthesethings.com/tag/cost-of-australias-renewable-subsidies/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiNkoyy5_3rAhUJpZ4KHcwZCB4QFjANegQ ICBAB&usg=AOvVaw3INvoA4fJ-bPn14yANLwmW https://www.google.com/url?q=https://stopthesethings.com/tag/cost-of-australias-renewable-subsidies/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiNkoyy5_3rAhUJpZ4KHcwZCB4QFjANegQ ICBAB&usg=AOvVaw3INvoA4fJ-bPn14yANLwmW

As are brownouts and blackouts and rationing.
Now telling people not to use air conditioning if they are working from home this summer, since the grid can't handle it.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-21/why-working-from-home-could-spark-power-disaster-down-under/12667814 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-21/why-working-from-home-could-spark-power-disaster-down-under/12667814

You are fear mongering. All systems have some reliability issues with or without renewables. Australia is coping with their large uptake of renewables. Fossil sources aren’t paying for health costs, pollution, environmental degradation nor the cost of climate change. So the hidden costs are not included in the current prices. Yes it’s going to cost something to transition to cleaner energy sources. But the cost of doing nothing will be much higher. Btw the Australian Energy Council That represents 22 generation companies said that private forecasts Are not indicating any significant issues. Read the article you posted!