AEMO's solution costs $11 billion for transmission to supply Vic with renewable energy; the alternative costs $6 billion. Renewable energy itself costs $50/MWh plus a $50/MWh subsidy. New coal rather than wind would mean no transmission costs and electricity at just $50/MWh. The…
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Why not a Nuclear power solution with GE/H 300MW SMR's located at existing power stations utilising existing switch yards and transmission lines ?
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Morrison a liar?
17 September 2020
“Solar panels and wind farms are now clearly commercially viable and have graduated from the need for government subsidies and the market has stepped up to invest,” Morrison said.
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2022–23, Australian Federal and state governments provided a total of $11.1 billion worth of spending and tax breaks to assist fossil fuel industries.
Subsidies in the forward estimates have increased from $55.3 billion to a record $57.1 billion.4 May 2023
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New brown coal fired power? Now that's great thinking if you like CO2.
You can't be talking about new black coal power from NSW/Qld because at 200 $/tonne, the fuel alone represents 63 $/MWh burnt in HELE plant.
So let's dig up the most inefficient, most polluting fuel of all.