Don’t they know that all they have to do is to consult with Greta & AOC for all the answers. lol /S
The non-engineers are FINALLY waking up to what the power engineers have been saying for decades.
I see Australia as the new “East Germany”.
It’s also exposing the problem of power companies using solar as part of the power grid. It creates the exact same problem. If you could just “switch on” a power station when needed, this wouldn’t be a problem. But you can’t.
For solar to really be practical, there has to be a way to store all that extra energy and then release it when the sun is weak or gone. Maybe use it to pump water uphill during the day, and get hydro power at night from the water flowing back down. Something like that.
you would think they would find a way of storing the extra energy for use later.
But I am just a layman.
California has reduced rates for electricity generated by solar and connect fees. The California power plants already figured that one out.
Solar makes a lot of sense if you are living in a desert like the Aussies.
But to be useful you really need battery storage which are about $10K to power an average house.
The authorities in Canberra should order the Sun to shine at night to equalize the strain....................
Exactly.
Of course the Green-folks will only focus on the fact that too much energy is made. Enough to waste.
I guess all the homeowners will have to start buying gigantor battery storage units.
Someone just needs to change their clocks so that morning starts well after the sun is up. My layman’s WAG is four hours later. C’mon man!
The answers are well-established. Simple, in the sense of simple to express, not simple to build.
1) More battery storage.
2) Dynamic pricing. (We won’t pay nighttime prices for your unneeded daytime energy.) This will encourage #1.
To me, this is the one place where solar makes sense - on homes. Its personal choice, its dispersed, and it can be tailored to fit individual situations - thus making it much more stable.
Huge solar farms on utility scale, seem to make zero sense.
Lots of Freepers just can’t stand progress. There is a difference between an immediate problem and an impossible problem. This is an immediate problem that needs fixing, but not impossible to fix. I’m sure everything went smoothly when we created the electrical power grid in the 20’s-50’s.
“But such a dramatic surge in solar output also poses challenges for Australia’s power system for two main reasons.
It results in increased periods of large oversupply when weather conditions favor solar energy. This leads to energy being wasted due to the need for solar curtailment—when a solar system shuts down or stops exporting energy to the grid to counter the energy spike.
On the other hand, there is little solar generation during peak demand hours in the morning and evening. This requires more expensive generators to run. “
Of course nobody could have predicted that!
I’ve come to the conclusion that liberals are totally incapable of connecting dots. Cause and effect doesn’t exist for them.
The government should round up those people who installed those solar panels and put them in camps. They already have the procedures in place along with recent experience.
All solar power has to be 100% backed up by reliable power generation sources. They can’t change that.