renewable will not be able to adequately provide our nations energy needs. too unreliable, too limited.Hi Scott, this is your opinion, but I don't know what it's based on. The words of politicians?
The AEMO solution as designed by experts says renewables + storage will definitely be able to provide our nation's energy needs with only a very minimal amount of gas peakers for backup during part of the transition.
Any people who have
actually crunched the numbers based on what our renewable output can look like, based on weather going back decades, agree.
And yes, that includes our growth in energy requirements as the nation grows and further electrifies.
New installations of Solar + Battery are cheaper and more reliable than any other technology. Full stop.
And yes, that includes replacement and repair costs.
The amount of roof space available for solar in commercial buildings alone provide more than enough energy for our current needs, without needing long transmission lines as the energy is generated where it's needed.
Nuclear is expensive, inflexible and unnecessary. The only people saying we need it are people who will ultimately profit from forcing the Australian taxpayer into paying for it.
A new inquiry into nuclear shouldn't be required, because all the numbers already agree that it is pointless for Australia.
So yes, the inquiry is a political stunt, but it's a response to the Dud's political stunt of a nuclear policy without any numbers. Both stunts have been and will be an epic waste of time and resources.
Politicians should just get out of the way and let electrical engineers do their job. Energy security is too important to be meddled with by politicians and should be left to be handled by professionals.
