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The future of energy generation and storage

France has a 70% utilization rate for nuclear power generation, highest in the world most are 10 to mid 20's%.

It can do that as it exports large amounts to country's around it (I guess Germany is a big importer)
 
Does she have videos on different types of generation?
 
Thanks @SirRumpole she has a good contrarian approach, which I quite like, but probably isn't everyone's cup of tea.
She has done a video on renewables, which is good also, here it is.

 
France has a 70% utilization rate for nuclear power generation, highest in the world most are 10 to mid 20's%.
???

The US nuclear fleet averaged 93.1% capacity factor in 2023.

UK it was 72.2% in 2022.

I think you mean something other than the utilisation rate?
 
For the reassurance of those who may have seen this, it's fake news:


Australians have been warned blackouts could threaten Christmas lunch as temperatures are set to soar.

PSS Distributors general manager Terrence Daniel has warned the festive period is “vulnerable” to power outages.

No idea who this person is or who PSS Distributors are but suffice to say all looks OK for Christmas Day indeed at present there are no forecast problems between now and the end of the year that would disrupt supply to consumers.

That doesn't preclude an errant tree or car taking out the line to your house, but at an overall system level there's no concern at the present time about the next week.
 
With the weather forecast to be sunny and hot, one assumes rooftop solar will be pumping to the max, but aircons will also be sucking hard, so no doubt it will be a stress test for the grid
 
With the weather forecast to be sunny and hot, one assumes rooftop solar will be pumping to the max, but aircons will also be sucking hard, so no doubt it will be a stress test for the grid
We have a pretty mild dry sunny weather in Qld right now so i am sure QLD is pumping a lot of good coal power down south day and night
 
???

The US nuclear fleet averaged 93.1% capacity factor in 2023.

UK it was 72.2% in 2022.

I think you mean something other than the utilisation rate?


Doh, stand corrected try 70% of electricity produced was by nuclear.

South Korea is aiming for 65% in the future likely able to due to its industrial base load.

edit: couldn't find the reference it was from one of the nuclear associations this shows 64% still the highest

 
And while we try to close all our coal power plants
 
With the weather forecast to be sunny and hot, one assumes rooftop solar will be pumping to the max, but aircons will also be sucking hard, so no doubt it will be a stress test for the grid
There are however many offsets:

Every educational facility is shut.

Fewer businesses open on Christmas Day than at any other time of year.

Systems such as air-conditioning and desktop computers in commercial use that are not uncommonly left running 24/7 are more likely to be switched off over the Christmas break. Not consistently, but it's definitely a thing, some companies do have an "everything off" policy at this time of year (mostly due to fire risk).

A significant portion of homes also unoccupied due to visiting family etc,

Hard to prove but realistically less cooking circa 6pm. With people on holidays more use of BBQ's the vast majority of which aren't electric.

Fewer public transport services which includes electric trains and trams in cities.

We're at the peak of sunlight this time of year, doesn't get any better than this. That impacts both solar generation and also makes a small reduction in demand due to lighting.

Put that all together and the effect is a significant offset to temperature-induced consumption.
 
New Zulland a leader in nuclear fusion?

Hooda thunk it ?

For the first time, i do believe fusion is here and believe it will be reality in a decade, just among others in today's feed
But to put things into perspective, 1.5 billions dollars for our masters is nothing
 
Take it out of the superannuation tax concessions ? ($50 billion pa).
"Today's announcement by the Albanese Government takes Australia's military assistance to Ukraine to more than $1.1 billion since the start of Russia's full‑scale invasion, and overall assistance to more than $1.3 billion."
Last july...
 
Take it out of the superannuation tax concessions ? ($50 billion pa).
If you add the prime residence tax concessions in the cut as well, all our deficit problems are solved and probably the housing bubble as well.

The largest tax concession in Australia is the capital gains tax (CGT) exemption for the main residence. Last year it cost the budget $46 billion and is predicted to cost the budget $189 billion over the next four years.

Sorry I think I heard a couple of million elites hit the emergency departments, my bad, off topic.
 
Would be great: we could waste more billions and reach the same deficit again as now, after all, we are all surviving well
Back to the subject, the r&d on fusion is. A speck vs the money spent on solar panels or wind mills.
 
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