Peter Dutton has just spent the last month hyping up a “major speech” about his one policy - nuclear reactors.
Today was the day.
Guess what - it didn’t contain a single costing, a single detail or a single piece of modelling.
It also didn’t contain a single good idea. But it did contain plenty of his usual lies…
Today was the day.
Guess what - it didn’t contain a single costing, a single detail or a single piece of modelling.
It also didn’t contain a single good idea. But it did contain plenty of his usual lies…
Dutton said that Labor has a ‘renewables only’ policy, which is just wrong.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has consistently said that the lowest-cost way to deliver a secure and reliable grid over coming decades is a renewable grid with pumped hydro, batteries, flexible gas and transmission.
This is exactly the grid the Albanese Government, working with states, territories, industry and community is delivering with Rewiring the Nation, the expanded Capacity Investment Scheme, and the Gas Code.
Aging coal-fired generation is becoming more unreliable with increasingly frequent unplanned outages, and that the fleet has and will continue to retire earlier than originally announced.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has consistently said that the lowest-cost way to deliver a secure and reliable grid over coming decades is a renewable grid with pumped hydro, batteries, flexible gas and transmission.
This is exactly the grid the Albanese Government, working with states, territories, industry and community is delivering with Rewiring the Nation, the expanded Capacity Investment Scheme, and the Gas Code.
Aging coal-fired generation is becoming more unreliable with increasingly frequent unplanned outages, and that the fleet has and will continue to retire earlier than originally announced.
Dutton brought up his favourite example of nuclear energy overseas: Ontario, Canada.
What he never tells you is that the Ontario Government subsidises electricity for their residents, to the tune of over $6 billion a year.
He also doesn’t tell you that Quebec, the state next door, has cheaper power, their bills are less than half what Ontario pays and 96% of their grid is powered by renewable energy.
What he never tells you is that the Ontario Government subsidises electricity for their residents, to the tune of over $6 billion a year.
He also doesn’t tell you that Quebec, the state next door, has cheaper power, their bills are less than half what Ontario pays and 96% of their grid is powered by renewable energy.
Dutton repeated the lie that Australia is the only nation in the G20 that doesn’t have nuclear power.
Germany, Italy, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia do not produce nuclear energy.
More nuclear power plants are closing than opening up. Where it is used as a power source, it is because those nations don’t have the renewable energy resources that Australia does, and already have an established nuclear industry.
Globally, nuclear power as a share of the total energy mix is declining and renewables are massively increasing.
theguardian.com/environment/co…
Germany, Italy, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia do not produce nuclear energy.
More nuclear power plants are closing than opening up. Where it is used as a power source, it is because those nations don’t have the renewable energy resources that Australia does, and already have an established nuclear industry.
Globally, nuclear power as a share of the total energy mix is declining and renewables are massively increasing.
theguardian.com/environment/co…
Dutton is lying about the cost of the energy transition costing $1.2 trillion.
He's using a figure from a report that's not even modelling Labor's policies or plan.
AEMO’s Integrated Systems Plan (ISP) looked at the total cost out to 2050 of the entire generation, storage and transmission and came up at $122 billion.
That’s a far cry from the $600bn in taxpayers’ money he wants to gamble on his risky reactors.
The ISP also says that ““As coal-fired power stations retire, renewable energy connected with transmission and distribution, firmed with storage, and backed up by gas-powered generation is the lowest-cost way to supply electricity to homes and businesses through Australia’s transition to a net zero economy.”
aemo.com.au/en/energy-syst…
He's using a figure from a report that's not even modelling Labor's policies or plan.
AEMO’s Integrated Systems Plan (ISP) looked at the total cost out to 2050 of the entire generation, storage and transmission and came up at $122 billion.
That’s a far cry from the $600bn in taxpayers’ money he wants to gamble on his risky reactors.
The ISP also says that ““As coal-fired power stations retire, renewable energy connected with transmission and distribution, firmed with storage, and backed up by gas-powered generation is the lowest-cost way to supply electricity to homes and businesses through Australia’s transition to a net zero economy.”
aemo.com.au/en/energy-syst…
He has said Australia can’t reach net zero without nuclear. Wrong.
Australia is already on track to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 and we’re on track to reach 82% renewables by 2030, with the grid currently at around 40%, and up 25 percentage points since we came to office.
reneweconomy.com.au/like-running-h…
Australia is already on track to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 and we’re on track to reach 82% renewables by 2030, with the grid currently at around 40%, and up 25 percentage points since we came to office.
reneweconomy.com.au/like-running-h…
Dutton is lying when they say renewables are destroying farmland.
Solar farms and wind farms already co-exist along working farms, like the solar farm in Uralla in Barnaby Joyce’s electorate. And they provide drought-proof income for the farmers.
What can’t co-exist with agricultural land is nuclear energy.
There are 11,000 farms with an 80 km radius of their proposed nuclear sites.
Farmers within those zones in the US must take on preventative measures in an emergency, such as providing livestock with separate feed and water, holding shipments and decontaminating produce.
ecogeneration.com.au/solar-grazing-…
Solar farms and wind farms already co-exist along working farms, like the solar farm in Uralla in Barnaby Joyce’s electorate. And they provide drought-proof income for the farmers.
What can’t co-exist with agricultural land is nuclear energy.
There are 11,000 farms with an 80 km radius of their proposed nuclear sites.
Farmers within those zones in the US must take on preventative measures in an emergency, such as providing livestock with separate feed and water, holding shipments and decontaminating produce.
ecogeneration.com.au/solar-grazing-…
He’s repeated his lie about how much new transmission will be needed.
According to the Energy Market Operator’s Integrated Systems Plan only approximately 4,000 kilometres of new transmission lines will be needed this decade, and a further 1,000 kilometres of existing lines will require upgrading.
Of that 5,000-kilometre total, around half (or 1,200 kilometres of transmission lines) is already in operation or under construction.
According to the Energy Market Operator’s Integrated Systems Plan only approximately 4,000 kilometres of new transmission lines will be needed this decade, and a further 1,000 kilometres of existing lines will require upgrading.
Of that 5,000-kilometre total, around half (or 1,200 kilometres of transmission lines) is already in operation or under construction.
Peter Dutton said operating and maintenance costs for nuclear are lower than renewables.
Fact check:
For a 1 GW nuclear plant, the fixed O&M cost would equate to $200m per annum.
The per annum fixed O&M costs for utility solar and onshore wind are $17 million and $25 million respectively.
csiro.au/en/research/te…
Fact check:
For a 1 GW nuclear plant, the fixed O&M cost would equate to $200m per annum.
The per annum fixed O&M costs for utility solar and onshore wind are $17 million and $25 million respectively.
csiro.au/en/research/te…
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