The solar+wind share has grown, in modern times, thanks to legislated SGCs & FITs for rooftop PV, and LGCs infradebt.com.au/post/why-aren-… & PPAs for big plants energetics.com.au/corporate-rene… supporting the added capacity from outside the spot market (in simple terms) 4/
What it looks like on our bills was neglected, and Mr Joshi makes an important correction
In 2018 AEMO wrote:
"There are extents of [variable renewable energy] penetration that have not been explored, and for which there is no experience globally." aemc.gov.au/sites/default/…
Maybe 1 of the bazillion all-VRE studies will turn out correct & we won't need more options? 9/
A strange thing happened two weeks ago: Australia's energy market operator AEMO issued a statement insisting that current biannual modelling work includes full system costs... and that other analysis shows nuclear costs more than renewable energy etc.
🧵 aemo.com.au/newsroom/media…
The other analysis is CSIRO's GenCost, which includes this helpful chart.
Nuclear - specifically small modular reactors - certainly looks the most expensive. 2/14
CSIRO acknowledges that "electricity generation project operational costs and performance" isn't realistically represented by levelised costs of electricity - what their chart presents. The Electric Power Research Institute is substantially clearer. 3/14 restservice.epri.com/publicdownload…
This may well be an honest oversight on your part @SenatorGrogan of @AustralianLabor - WNISR is duplicitous by design and has tricked good faith commentators.
Just like it would be nice to move past all the stale old anti-nuclear objections, articles making the case so poorly, lacking any "convincing power", should be consigned to history. theaustralian.com.au/commentary/sma…#auspol
(Although, considering how much of its length it devotes to challenges besetting developing countries, this sort of snark isn't the best look)