Re:Tesla’s big battery in South Australia may prove the viab...
by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:28PM
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> There are no major non-renewable incumbents left in SA.
AGL operates 8.562 gigawatts of fossil fuel (coal / gas) power plants, and 2.33 gigawatt renewables (hydro / wind / solar).[1]
The 1.28 gigawatt gas fired Torrens Island Power Station in Adelaide is the largest power station in South Australia.[2]
South Australia has 16 operating wind farms with a total installed capacity of about 1.473 gigawatt.[3]
It definitely looking like we'll see, in our lifetimes, a future where wind + storage provides a significant majority of electricity in South Australia. My argument is there's no way this future will also provider cheaper electricity.
Why charge less when you can make people pay more?
AGL operates 8.562 gigawatts of fossil fuel (coal / gas) power plants, and 2.33 gigawatt renewables (hydro / wind / solar).[1]
The 1.28 gigawatt gas fired Torrens Island Power Station in Adelaide is the largest power station in South Australia.[2]
South Australia has 16 operating wind farms with a total installed capacity of about 1.473 gigawatt.[3]
It definitely looking like we'll see, in our lifetimes, a future where wind + storage provides a significant majority of electricity in South Australia. My argument is there's no way this future will also provider cheaper electricity.
Why charge less when you can make people pay more?
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGL_Energy#Operations_and_sign...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrens_Island_Power_Station
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wind_farms_in_South_Au...