It probably won't be too far into the future, that is is legislated that all new houses, have to be built with solar panels fitted.
Seems like the obvious way, to ensure the transition isn't stalled and that the required amount of overcapacity is reached.
Then the base load stations can be phased out, as synchronous renewable generation, becomes feasible.
What you do with over capacity is an issue. Why not feed it into water heaters and then into batteries.
Why not use it for your pumped hydro, charging batteries, making H2?
Of course, the "market" should be building more storage like Snowy Hydro 2.0. I doubt if you would get companies interested in such infrastructure so it would likely be governments shouldering the burden.
Yes, but if you require massive overcapacity, to have the surplus generation required to pump your reserve hydro water up to storage.
The only way you will get that installed renewable capacity fast, will be to legislate to have it installed when the property is built, as insulation is at the moment.
The amount of water you would need to store to provide an average house with overnight power would be so large it would be economically unfeasible.
By the way, why are you talking the average house? I'm talking system capacity, not individual domestic needs.
You said
"The only way you will get that installed renewable capacity fast, will be to legislate to have it installed when the property is built, as insulation is at the moment."
So I assumed you were talking individual properties.
The amount of renewable's Australia will need, to become non reliant on fossil fuel, is mind boggling.
If every house in Australia was fitted with solar panels, the sum total feed in, would go some way to providing a large proportion of what is required.
It would be just about impossible to make people retro fit solar, but it could be made a requirement for future builds, also Government social housing could be retro fitted.
It will not supply enough, but it will help reduce the requirement for private sector investment, to build major solar/wind/tidal etc installations.
Like I said the amount required to be installed is unbelievable.
Someone needs to put it into context, so people can really understand the magnitude of the problem.
As you know, it is difficult to get business to install anything, they don't get a commercial return on.Why not business and industry as well be required to install solar?
They may actually be beneficial to the grid, as I'm sure the charge points will have to be designed, to use the batteries in a system disturbance.We also have to consider what the power requirements would be if electric vehicles become more common.
But lets face it, the amount of non useful acreage that we have in this country would more than supply our needs, considering that already there is a power surplus in Qld on hot sunny days from residential solar.
But lets face it, the amount of non useful acreage that we have in this country would more than supply our needs, .
We probably feel a bit protected from CC because we think that we can always move into an A/C environment if things get too hot and sticky. But accepting Smurfs analysis we are probably fooling ourselves.
From memory, all A/C's sold in Australia for quite some time, had to be fitted with remote switching ability. So Power System can switch them off, if required.
From memory, all A/C's sold in Australia for quite some time, had to be fitted with remote switching ability. So Power System can switch them off, if required.
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