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Can 'unreliables' be made a bit reliable? Cost? : Comments
By Geoff Carmody, published 8/10/2024Because wind and solar work only a fraction of the day a 'renewables'-only grid needs insane amounts of generation.
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I caught a snippet of Malcolm Turnbull on TV saying nuclear was too expensive. Don't recall the interviewer pointing out his beloved pumped hydro project Snowy 2 went from $2bn to $12bn. In GWh Snowy 2 would store 350/273,106 or half a day of Australia's annual but still growing electricity use.