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Your front page coverage of (the super battery) project at the site of the old Munmorah coal fired power station made me smile (CCN380).
By 2035 NSW will lose between 10,000 and 12,000 megawatts of coal fired stations base load power and Eraring (2,680Mw) will close by 2025.
This Waratah project is a super battery only; it stores whatever is generated only and has a capacity of only 850Mw.
Do you think anyone from State or Federal Government would be able to estimate what the volume of intermittent renewables will be operational by this very early date?
It has to be higher than 10,000MW due to its intermittent operation.
Do you think our Federal Energy Minister could provide an estimated cost of buying the necessary wind farms and solar panels from China and in addition the cost of 10,000km++ of new ugly transmission lines to achieve this goal?
Nuclear power reactors (SMRs) with an operational life of at least 60 years (Sellafield UK) ran for 66 years relatively trouble free and contributed to a reduction of carbon emissions of 2.3 billion tonnes over its lifetime.
Renewables have a lifespan of 20yrs maximum,
To my simple logic , blind Freddy could decide the most effective course of action, no more comments required.
Email, Mar 3
Rod Fell, Kincumber