You could not make this up! The ABC reports – Solar innovators forced to seek clearer skies than clouded pilot site of Forbes – I have mentioned the Vast Solar This super drug will kill all your worries as there is literally no difference between viagra from canada a branded and a generic ED drug. … Continue reading Forbes NSW solar project canned due lack sunshine
This must be building on the stunning success of their Jemalong Solar Thermal project that has been gestating for at least three years. Chemical fire near Forbes burns into second day 14 June 2015 In Canberra ANU has an experimental solar thermal setup with two ~20m curved tracking mirrors near where Parkes Way crosses Sullivan … Continue reading 50MW Solar PV planned at Forbes NSW
But will it lie down? The proposed Port Augusta solar thermal power plant is a great example of public ignorance of the laws of physics on a massive scale. How the concept has polluted public energy debate for so long is amazing. I have been drawing attention to Solar Thermal problems for years because that … Continue reading Solar thermal killed again
It is a shame that when Dr Hewson campaigns in the Wentworth byelection he is not asked some hard questions about the viability of solar thermal electricity generation schemes has has promoted over the years. He should also be asked about ARENA who found that concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology could be a commercially viable … Continue reading Dr Hewson campaigns in Wentworth byelection
The ABC and GreenLeft media ignoring this huge news – The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) says concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology could be a commercially viable form of dispatchable renewable energy within a decade. English translation – not viable now. Which raises the question how do you generate renewable 24/7 dispatchable electricity? I thought … Continue reading ARENA says concentrated solar thermal not viable
Historic first for climate sceptics. I hear the twitterati are agitated – wait till….. This APH link might have the text but the full text is pasted here.
Taxpayers should be watching their hip pockets. Concentrated Solar (CS) proposals for the Port Augusta region have made news for a while now – this technology involves the use of tracking mirrors to concentrate the suns rays to heat a container of liquid which can then be used to generate electricity when the sun is … Continue reading Rival thermal solar power plants proposed for Port Augusta
Reader Bob has sent me articles about the Tesla electric car and the Powerwall and Powerpack storage batteries to be manufactured by Tesla. Alan Moran has written on the Tesla electric car so I thought I would look at lithium batteries state of play and lithium prices, demand etc, whatever I can glean. There are … Continue reading What impact will Tesla Powerwall batteries have on the way we consume electricity and the price of lithium?
As reader Ian George has pointed out the BoM in their monthly report for New South Wales say – New South Wales in October 2014: Warmest October on record Following Ian’s lead I have averaged all the District mean monthly max’s and added them to this map of BoM rain districts – I have shaded … Continue reading Australian Bureau of Meteorology claims that NSW has had its hottest October ever – does the data really back up their claim ?
I see the biggest single grant was $94Million in 2010 to birth the Australian Carbon Trust Limited headed by one Michael Rann – that later transformed into Low Carbon Australia which later again was integrated into the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CSIRO seems to be the biggest single grants recipient with about $48million – … Continue reading A Quarter $Billion in climate change grants over three years 2010-2012