This is just such a great and accessible explanation of how our national electricity market(#NEM) runs that I have to share it. It’s essentially an ‘everything you wanted to know about renewable’s role in how we use electricity’ simple explainer. As an added bonus, it clarifies the role #Gas as #peakers and explains why #nuclear plants don’t get a look-in in the Australian energy generation market. It also uses the South Australia energy profile to foretell where we go from here nationally and provided a real world example of the ‘base load’ that will ultimately be required (shows up the crazy #LNP claims for the lies that they are).

10 out of 10 for the authors and #ABC on this one.. Can I Have more of similar articles please? #GiveMeBackMyABC

#renewables #SA #DemiseOfCoal #BaseLoad
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/renewables-versus-nuclear-in-evolving-energy-grid/104800790

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Typical #Liberals: build more dams and burn more forests. Now it's put nuclear reactors near where workers live. #Baseload is the biggest lie. Wind + Solar + Storage means nuclear is a deadly lame duck. #QandA

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The Last 30% - How to Displace Coal & Gas from the Grid

#Baseload #electricity

http://blog.kugelfish.com/2025/01/the-last-30-how-to-displace-coal-gas.html

Viable Renewable Energy smashes heatwave peak demand records in my state (South Oz).
South Oz, was also the home of the first Tesla grid battery.

#greens #renewables #baseload #solar #wind

https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-output-records-tumble-as-grid-demand-hits-new-highs-in-midst-of-heatwave/

Tagging @collectifission because I know how much he loves playing Australian dodgeball 😀

Power plants with a minimum output are passés,
Say German engineers and scientists.

"#Baseload power plants supply electricity continuously, whereas so-called residual load plants run only intermittently when needed.

“A combination of solar and wind energy with storage, a flexible hydrogen system, flexible electricity demand and #ResidualLoad power plants will be necessary for a climate-friendly and reliable electricity supply,” the academies said. "

https://reneweconomy.com.au/baseload-power-generators-not-needed-to-guarantee-supply-say-science-and-engineering-academies/

Australia hits 4 million rooftop PV installations, reaching 25 GW of capacity

Australia has recorded its 4 millionth rooftop solar installation, maintaining its status as a world leader with 25 GW of total capacity, surpassing the amount of nationwide coal generation.

#solar #rooftopsolar #renewables #baseload #Australia #CleanEnergy

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/14/australia-hits-4-million-rooftop-pv-installations-reaching-25-gw-of-capacity/

This is something I was always wondering about the idea of base-load electric consumption. Even if say a nuclear power-plant produces a constant amount of power, consumption is not constant, so you need some form of storage to time-shift that production around. In Switzerland this was done with dams, but also by lowering the price at night and sending a special signal to households so they could heat up the water at night.

#energyconsumption #energytransition #Baseload

http://blog.kugelfish.com/2024/10/is-baseload-overrated.html

The end of "Baseload" in Australia

Australia’s biggest coal generator AGL Energy is able to shut down coal units in the middle of the day, effectively making way for solar to dominate the grid.

The first trials have been held at Bayswater in the Hunter Valley, and involves a process called “two-shifting” – meaning it takes a unit offline and brings it back online within a 12 hour period.

#Auspol #energy #solar #renewables #CleanEnergy
#baseload https://reneweconomy.com.au/coal-generators-are-learning-how-to-shut-down-for-solar-in-significant-boost-to-renewable-switch/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=thesun

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Utilities rely on dirty ‘peaker’ plants when power demand surges, but there are alternatives #RenewableEnergy #fossilfuels #baseload #energystorage #emissions #EnergyTransition #utilities #electricity #powerplants https://theconversation.com/utilities-rely-on-dirty-peaker-plants-when-power-demand-surges-but-there-are-alternatives-231232?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

To unlock clean power’s potential, timing is key #RenewableEnergy #energytransition #baseload
https://drawdown.org/insights/to-unlock-clean-powers-potential-timing-is-key

What is rarely discussed about #RenewableEnergy platforms is their forward extensibility. #Solar Cells, #Wind Turbines and #Ocean-#Wave Converters all are capable of being upgraded in place over their long useful lives to increase efficiency & capacity by orders of magnitude. #BESS & #LDES are similar. This has never been the case with legacy #Baseload Generation platforms (#Coal, #Gas, #Nuclear, #Hydro, etc.). The #Baseload Paradigm is dead. Put a fork in it. @Snowshadow

#FERC has been foot dragging on #Decarbonization for some time now. During that time, the unexpected architecture for the #NewGrid has emerged (Interconnected #Batteries). It will no longer be about #Baseload and #Generation by #FossilFuel or #ECOKiller platforms, but about 100% #Renewables charging #BESS & #LDES sites & serving load as required. Now, Get the job done. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/climate/electric-grid-overhaul-ferc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-solar-power-beaming-virtus-solis

"...will make orbiting power plants not only affordable, but cheaper than many other methods of generating electricity on Earth..."

#space based #solar and #nuclear are the best routes to a #postscarcity #economy because terrestrial #renewables are too intermittent and just don't produce enough #baseload energy.

#duckcurve #GreenEnergy #decarbonization #ClimateChange