From the above link:
Australia’s energy challenge – policy must ensure affordability and reliability
• Australia’s generation mix is comparable to key economies – eg 70-80% baseload production and average 17%
renewable/hydro
• Australia has the least flexibility in baseload mix:
– Gas generation priced out of the market
– All other countries use gas and nuclear in addition to coal
• Baseload energy supply in Australia is in crisis
• Agree with the Finkel report that renewable energy needs to be more reliable in its supply
• No renewable technology can currently replace baseload requirements of any scale
I guess this and the original post on the thread is a reminder/ warning: The ways to counter this are cost reductions, relocate to cheaper locations, Govt Subsidies. If that is what we want then sit back and wait and address a full crisis when it happens. It could be fixed quickly if the blame game stopped.
