And during that time:This is a huge amount of coal generation.
China’s construction of coal-fired power plants reaches highest in a decade
Report of 94.5GW of capacity being added last year undermines vow to start reducing carbon emissions by 2030www.ft.com
,yeap, 30 of these built just last year in China and India probably did better94.5GW
To put that into perspective:
Eraring = 2.88GW
Loy Yang A = 2.21GW
Loy Yang B = 1.17GW
Depending on whether one takes LY A and B to be one facility or two, either Eraring or Loy Yang is Australia's largest coal-fired power station.
For clarity there LY A and B are separate as such but they're right next to each other and both using coal that comes from the same mine up the same conveyors. An engineer sees them as separate since in that sense they are, but anyone looking at politics or macro economics would likely see them as one operation.
Eraring also has a 42MW gas turbine at the same site although that's operationally separate to the rest and is burning diesel not coal. This was added after the original construction and brings total site capacity to 2.922GW
Meanwhile in AustraliaWow 8 months to build a mega factory.
At least our raw materials aren't going to waste, we get them back as batteries.
Tesla opens Shanghai battery "Megafactory" with first Megapacks on their way to Australia | RenewEconomy
reneweconomy-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org
Do both...What an original idea. Restrict gas exports to satisfy our own needs.
Instead of developing more gas, expert argues Australia should limit exports
Forget more gas supply, expert argues. Stop exporting so much
Among the many crises facing the nation in recent years, the east coast gas shortage has been among the most divisive from a political, economic and social perspective.www.abc.net.au
The problem is, the Governments are so addicted to spending the money they earn from raw material exports, they can't reduce the dig and ship ideology.What an original idea. Restrict gas exports to satisfy our own needs.
Instead of developing more gas, expert argues Australia should limit exports
Forget more gas supply, expert argues. Stop exporting so much
Among the many crises facing the nation in recent years, the east coast gas shortage has been among the most divisive from a political, economic and social perspective.www.abc.net.au
Well we did say they would be running the ruler over a lot of processing industries, as to their viability, so this is just one of many announcements that will be made before 2030 IMO.They are falling unsurprisingly one after the others..saving the world..irony only..one bankruptcy at a time
Rio says ‘extremely expensive’ power could seal Tomago fate in 2029
The mining giant says the aluminium smelter will not be viable beyond 2028 based on quotes it has received for an extension of its power contract beyond then.www.afr.com
Not new..look at us or most european countryOn the subject of power generation and making it cleaner.
Europe greenwashing with north Africa’s renewable energy, report says
Greenpeace argues European-backed projects hamper countries’ ability to decarbonise their own economieswww.theguardian.com
European countries are extracting renewable energy from Morocco and Egypt to “greenwash” their own economies, while leaving north Africans reliant on dirty imported fuels and paying the environmental costs, a Greenpeace report says.
Both Morocco and Egypt are aiming to leverage their strategic locations south of the Mediterranean, and their solar and wind power potential, to position themselves as pivotal to Europe’s quest to diversify its energy supply.
Greenpeace’s report argues that European-backed renewable and lower-carbon projects producing energy for export are hampering the two countries’ ability to decarbonise their own economies, displacing local populations and consuming millions of litres of fresh water, in some cases in environments where it was already scarce.
The exact situation people like me have been warning about for a very long time.They are falling unsurprisingly one after the others..saving the world..irony only..one bankruptcy at a time
Rio says ‘extremely expensive’ power could seal Tomago fate in 2029
The mining giant says the aluminium smelter will not be viable beyond 2028 based on quotes it has received for an extension of its power contract beyond then.www.afr.com
You've no idea how many hours I've spent trying to convince certain persons on this point.Not new..look at us or most european country
We have and always had hydro.
I being a sucker decide to go to a 100% green harvest and use only hydro
I pay a premium and am feeling all smug.
What is the result ..no change except my neighbour not subscribing to a green plan is now helping release more co2 per kw he uses than before..and so help reforestation of the Sahara
The problem here isn't the technology per se but it's the lack of co-ordination surrounding it all.How community polarisation is slowing the development of essential infrastructure.
'It's not the way of country people': Division brews over renewables
Division is widespread in rural Australian communities over the roll-out of renewable energy projects, with neighbours and lifelong friends in conflict over proposed developments.www.abc.net.au
I would disagree ,however coordination you add and whatever commonsense you could get, you can not fight physics and energy density .The problem here isn't the technology per se but it's the lack of co-ordination surrounding it all.
There are examples where company 1 built a wind farm, then company 2 built one, then company 3 built one, and they all built their own transmission, there was no co-operation and so on. End result well I wouldn't want to live there either because it's just a mess.
Versus if we had a single approach to it all well it can be viewed as one big project, even if built in stages, and that can avoid duplication of transmission, it can avoid duplication of roads and so on. It can also avoid inefficient layout of the turbines etc. That also makes it possible to discuss the whole thing up front, hear rational arguments regarding any specific problems, and seek to resolve those. Eg just take 5 turbines out if they're particularly problematic or move where the line goes or whatever.
That's not to say there won't be some situations where it's difficult to resolve but with a proper approach to planning it could certainly be improved.
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