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"Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been in regional Queensland this
week promoting his nuclear plan, which claims nuclear and solar both have a
future in Australia’s energy mix.
Yeah, nah.
A new report released this week by the Queensland Conservation Council has
revealed building a 1,000 MW nuclear power station in Queensland in 2040 would
knock out 3,700 GWh of cheap renewable energy from the grid.
It is the equivalent of shutting an average of 45,000 Queensland household
solar systems every day, according to the new analysis.
The report reinforces what other experts are saying – that rooftop solar and
nuclear cannot co-exist – and reveals just how detrimental any proposal for
nuclear would be for Queensland solar homeowners’ hip pockets.
To make nuclear power plants economically viable, nuclear must run at full
capacity. That means a direct clash with rooftop solar whenever the sun is up,
and to enable nuclear power production during the day they’ll have to stop
rooftop solar panels from exporting to the grid.
The simple truth is adding nuclear power to the Australian energy mix will
undermine the interest of rooftop solar owners."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
