Aussie Solar Power: “Like Flooding Rain, we Can’t Store it All”

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Aussie Solar Power: “Like Flooding Rain, we Can’t Store it All”
1 day ago Eric Worrall
Essay by Eric Worrall

The question – who pays for the solar power which has to be discarded?

Australia is awash with solar power. Like flooding rain, experts say we can’t store it all

Story by energy reporter Daniel Mercer

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The number of homes and businesses with a solar installation clicked past 4 million — barely 20 years since there was practically none anywhere in the country.

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But all of this solar is prompting some hard questions, and gnashing of teeth, for one, simple reason — there is, at times, too much solar power in Australia’s electricity systems to handle.

To deal with this abundance, experts say Australia needs to come to terms what appears a counter-intuitive argument.

It needs to accept that much of this solar will have to be wasted — or spilled — sometimes.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/11/17/aussie-solar-power-like-flooding-rain-we-cant-store-it-all/

[rustynail]

That 'spilled' electricity could have dire consequences for the balance of nature.

[Kamaji]

Another benefit of petroleum based energy sources - ease of transportation across intercontinental distances. 

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Another benefit of petroleum based energy sources - ease of transportation across intercontinental distances.

Not just intercontinental, but also via ship, which is how most of the world's crude is transported and a large part of natural gas as LNG and natural gas products like urea

[DefiantMassRINO]

The Greens put the cart before the horse.

Full integration of solar into a national electric grid requires the ability to store energy when there's a surplus, and supplement it when there's a shortage.

They rolled out the panels before the storage and the smartgrid/on-demand generation technology was ready.

They led with their emotional response to Global Climate Change hysteria rather than reason, logic, economics, science, and technology.  In other words, they're dingbats.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The Greens put the cart before the horse.

Full integration of solar into a national electric grid requires the ability to store energy when there's a surplus, and supplement it when there's a shortage.

They rolled out the panels before the storage and the smartgrid/on-demand generation technology was ready.

They led with their emotional response to Global Climate Change hysteria rather than reason, logic, economics, science, and technology.  In other words, they're dingbats.

All true.  Add on the push for EVs without ability to charge them or the inadequate grid.  All highlight a poorly-formulated idea that is unrealistic to succeed