Chris, have you looked at Australia. Would be interesting to see your analysis of a sun drenched, and largely uninhabited continent, bless with the resources to make solar/wind + storage the most feasible.
This guys says 5hrs storage to be a very high percentage renewable, which should be feasible.
Chris, I've just noticed your excellent "Chart ‘21+E-1: 100% of current wind, 100% of current solar, for 2021+" is labelled "UKplc" whereas the data is 'GBplc' [Gridwatch (Elexon's) data doesn't cover NI]
"Funding construction of new nuclear power plants as strategic national assets should also include transparent budgeting for decommissioning at the end of the ~60-year design life."
Funding of Hinkley C's decommissioning is explained in section 5.3 here:
A "like" for: "HM Gov should fully fund basic home improvements." This feels like a massive all-round win. (Of course, it way well be funded in an unfriendly way, e.g. increasing the electricity standing charge even more.)
I like the analysis of how many MWhrs of fossil fuel are needed if there is no storage. I note 100million MWhrs with current wind and solar, but what would that figure be with x2 wind and x2 solar? I get that it won’t be zero, hence the negativity on netzero concept. But how far off would it actually be? The enemy of the good is the perfect after all. I.e, ditch netzero for now and go for say net20%, with gas storage being used to deal with the dips in renewable output whilst still cutting 80% of our carbon emissions.
Chris, have you looked at Australia. Would be interesting to see your analysis of a sun drenched, and largely uninhabited continent, bless with the resources to make solar/wind + storage the most feasible.
This guys says 5hrs storage to be a very high percentage renewable, which should be feasible.
https://twitter.com/DavidOsmond8/status/1539458196187648001?s=20&t=C32SVYboUvz6VYjdKr-0iw
Chris, I've just noticed your excellent "Chart ‘21+E-1: 100% of current wind, 100% of current solar, for 2021+" is labelled "UKplc" whereas the data is 'GBplc' [Gridwatch (Elexon's) data doesn't cover NI]
Thanks Chris for another interesting instalment.
"Funding construction of new nuclear power plants as strategic national assets should also include transparent budgeting for decommissioning at the end of the ~60-year design life."
Funding of Hinkley C's decommissioning is explained in section 5.3 here:
https://www.edfenergy.com/sites/default/files/V2%20C05%20Decommissioning%20of%20Hinkley%20Point%20C.pdf
A "like" for: "HM Gov should fully fund basic home improvements." This feels like a massive all-round win. (Of course, it way well be funded in an unfriendly way, e.g. increasing the electricity standing charge even more.)
I like the analysis of how many MWhrs of fossil fuel are needed if there is no storage. I note 100million MWhrs with current wind and solar, but what would that figure be with x2 wind and x2 solar? I get that it won’t be zero, hence the negativity on netzero concept. But how far off would it actually be? The enemy of the good is the perfect after all. I.e, ditch netzero for now and go for say net20%, with gas storage being used to deal with the dips in renewable output whilst still cutting 80% of our carbon emissions.