Prediction: Coal has fallen. Nuclear is next then Oil.

[SmartElectric]

All we need is 25000 square miles for solar panels and you have a deal

Ontario is spending $20B to refurbish a 10GW nuclear fleet, which will be paid by increases in energy costs to consumers.
That same money would buy 40GW of solar power.
Ontario has 5 million occupied dwellings, if every one deployed 8kW of solar, that is 40GW.
Ontario has 1.076 million km² by the way.

 

[qdeathstar]

I’m sorry but saying the reason we shouldn’t have nuclear power is because of government subsidies for it is the same argument people use against solar and wind power.

 

[nwdiver]

I’m sorry but saying the reason we shouldn’t have nuclear power is because of government subsidies for it is the same argument people use against solar and wind power.

??? Why spend more $$$ to get fewer clean MWh?

 

[qdeathstar]

??? Why spend more $$$ to get fewer clean MWh?

Because the lifetime MWh is higher.

 

[nwdiver]

Because the lifetime MWh is higher.

Not per $ it's not. And this idea of nuclear plants operating for over 60 years is a bit of a myth. The oldest nuclear plant is only ~50. As they get older they get too expensive to keep operating. Economics matters.

 

[mspohr]

Because the lifetime MWh is higher.

I don't think having a bigger lifetime supply of more expensive energy is an advantage.

 

[eevee-fan]

Arizona Daily Star: Calif. summer power plans raise risk of blackouts in Arizona, utilities say.

Calif. summer power plans raise risk of blackouts in Arizona, utilities say

A plan by California's grid operator to limit power exports to other states could jeopardize Arizona's ability to get emergency power.

tucson.com

?!? AZ whining about CA not selling them power?!?

 

[qdeathstar]

Isn’t CA out of power tooo???

 

[eevee-fan]

Isn’t CA out of power tooo???

Apparently only because they were selling to AZ.

 

[eevee-fan]

Bloomberg: Plug Power to Bring Wind-Powered Hydrogen Plant to Fort Worth.

Plug Power to Bring Wind-Powered Hydrogen Plant to Fort Worth

Plug Power Inc. plans to open a hydrogen-production plant powered by the wind near Fort Worth, Texas as part of a nationwide chain of facilities to make the clean-energy fuel.

www.bloomberg.com

TX just has too much wind. Instead of connecting to the national grid, they want to sell hydrogen. More money, I guess.

 

[qdeathstar]

Apparently only because they were selling to AZ.

I thought they had to shut down transmission lines on rolling fashion so they could inspect them after that huge fire....

 

[eevee-fan]

I thought they had to shut down transmission lines on rolling fashion so they could inspect them after that huge fire....

This article talks about this summer, which has not happened yet and it says CA decided not to export this summer.

 

[eevee-fan]

OilPrice.com: Russia Is Making A Mad Dash To Outrun Peak Oil Demand.

Russia Is Making A Mad Dash To Outrun Peak Oil Demand | OilPrice.com

With peak oil demand looming, countries around the world are eager to sell as much oil as they can while there is still growth in the market

oilprice.com

Literally a fire sale.

Guess fossil fuel 'scientists' will see the demanf of their marketing service skyrocket.

 

[Chuq]

Interesting post from an Australian perspective.

For those who don't know Evan (evcricket), he worked for Tesla building out their original supercharger network in Australia, and more recently Chargefox doing the same with their 350 kW charging network.

A Plan for Nuclear Power in Australia

There’s a persistent theme, particularly since the Texas power system dramas during the big cold, that nuclear power is some sort of magic bullet for power grids, and avoids the complexities …

evcricketenergy.wordpress.com

We don't have any nuclear power stations in Australia. Most fossil fuel generation (between 0% and 70% depending on the state) is coal. (stats here) We have fantastic opportunities for solar/wind, yet you hear people saying that we need to switch towards nuclear. This is his rebuttal to that.

 

[Oil4AsphaultOnly]

Interesting post from an Australian perspective.

For those who don't know Evan (evcricket), he worked for Tesla building out their original supercharger network in Australia, and more recently Chargefox doing the same with their 350 kW charging network.

A Plan for Nuclear Power in Australia

There’s a persistent theme, particularly since the Texas power system dramas during the big cold, that nuclear power is some sort of magic bullet for power grids, and avoids the complexities …

evcricketenergy.wordpress.com

We don't have any nuclear power stations in Australia. Most fossil fuel generation (between 0% and 70% depending on the state) is coal. (stats here) We have fantastic opportunities for solar/wind, yet you hear people saying that we need to switch towards nuclear. This is his rebuttal to that.

Except for the startup pricing for the first nuclear power plant in Australia, that analysis can pretty much be used anywhere!

 

[eevee-fan]

Has anyone done any study on impact of going hydrogen? Seems we are going to have leaks, and hydrogen tend to float into space... is there anything in the atmosphere that will react with it so it comes back down to Earth?

 

[Chuq]

Has anyone done any study on impact of going hydrogen? Seems we are going to have leaks, and hydrogen tend to float into space... is there anything in the atmosphere that will react with it so it comes back down to Earth?

When you say "going hydrogen" - it's not really a generation method in the same way as coal, oil and nuclear are. It's more of a method of storage (i.e. you need to apply a source of electricity to generate the hydrogen, the hydrogen can be stored, shipped, etc - and used to produce electricity later).

It's for the exact reason you mention - "free" hydrogen doesn't exist on Earth because it all floats away!

This example applies to green hydrogen produced by electrolysis. There are other methods, which may be more common now but are a byproduct of fossil fuel processes so not the direction most people mean when they talk about hydrogen in the future.

[Edit: The above is my basic understanding, may have inaccuracies - corrections welcome!]

 

[mspohr]

No new oil, gas or coal development if world is to reach net zero by 2050, says world energy body

Exploitation and development of new oil and gas fields must stop this year and no new coal-fired power stations can be built if the world is to stay within safe limits of global heating and meet the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, the world’s leading energy organisation has said. In its strongest warning yet on the need to drastically scale back fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) also called for no new fossil-fuel cars to be sold beyond 2035, and for global investment in energy to more than double from $2tn (£1.42tn) a year to $5tn (£3.54tn) The result would not be an economic burden, as some have claimed, but a net benefit to the economy.

 

[mspohr]

Los Angeles Times: California’s next climate challenge: Replacing nuclear power.

California’s next climate challenge: Replacing its last nuclear power plant

Diablo Canyon is the state's largest clean energy source. Will emissions rise after it closes?

www.latimes.com

 

[eevee-fan]

Already thinking of a Moon, Mars, and Venus battery, gotta love this guy!

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