Australia banned nuclear power generation in 1998. Like Germany, as they keep reverting back to coal due to energy security concerns with solar & wind, nuclear is back in discussion. The laws of physics they are stubborn

🚨PETER DUTTON CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO ENGAGE IN A MATURE CONVERSATION ON NUCLEAR ENERGY!
Peter Dutton said' Nuclear energy is zero emissions, it’s the latest technology and it is adopted by 19 of the G20 countries.'
'Australia is the only one of the 20 biggest economies in…

Great! The same fleet was operating at ~80% EAF until 2018. Keep going Team Eskom.

The decision by Australia to extend the operations of Eraring Coal Power Station is not surprising considering it’s a ~2,9GW size, only about 40 years old and one of the best operating at 80% energy availability factor (EAF). Very difficult to replace with non-fossil options

Despite their ambitious Climate Targets, Australia performs very rigorous & independent Reliability Assessments before any closure of dispatchable resources. In RSA calls for coal closures are often from ‘sponsored’ modelling lacking any engineering rigour & independence

‘On June 6 of 2023 at 10 o’clock in the morning, out of the 32 GW of nameplate wind capacity, only 110 MW of energy were actually produced. That’s less than 0,4% .. across 14 states’ - Lanny Nickel, VP- Southwest Power Pool, USA. flatlandkc.org/news-issues/wi…

The US added ~6GW of wind capacity in 2023, but the overall energy output from wind generation declined for the first time since the 1990s. Due to slower overall wind speeds. Less wind showed up in 2023

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Australia, the leading country in the Energy Transition, postpones the closure of its largest coal power station, Eraring

[BREAKING] NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station | Australia news | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

The US is replacing coal with gas, leveraging the shale revolution. The gas expansion in the US is much bigger than the renewable rollout.

The UK has replaced coal with gas and also decarbonised by degrowth.

How is the G7 doing on the Energy Transition anyway. Canada is mostly hydro and nuclear. Gas is replacing coal

The G7 agrees on coal shut down by 2035. Beware coal in most of the G7 is replaced by gas.

Economist Joseph Stiglitz: - China outcompetes the US because of their investment in engineering and the number of engineers China has. ft.com/content/282fd7…

NEW - Top officials of the Green party falsified expert judgments and thus misled the public in Germany on the 'nuclear phase-out,' internal documents show.

[CLAIM] Officials manipulated documents to enforce the nuclear phase- out in Germany in the middle of an energy crisis.

The USA remains a great magnet for global talent and IQ- Bill Gates. Why?

New gas ‘master plan’ for South Africa – including changes for Eskom power stations – BusinessTech businesstech.co.za/news/energy/76…

While your so-called leaders sacrifice your economic prosperity, standard of living and energy security on the altar of Net Zero, China is using cheap electricity generated through the burning of coal to power its industry—including the manufacture of all those wind turbines and…

The Australian Energy Market Commission had to make fundamental rule changes to mitigate ‘material impact of large intermittent generators’ to power system security & reliability. ‘The problem is expected to increase in severity as growth of wind farms continues’