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"Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced that electricity retailers
across Queensland, South Australia and NSW will be required to offer all
households 3 hours of free power in the middle of the day.
This has been branded as the Solar Sharer initiative, with the rationale being
that proliferation of solar PV has given us a such a huge surplus of power that
it might as well be offered for free.
Supporting this idea is that prices in the wholesale power generator market
will often be close to zero or even below zero during the middle of the day
across most states.
Also our residential electricity distribution networks have ample spare
capacity over the middle of the day and in some cases are facing constraints in
absorbing and transferring solar power (but please be aware that this issue is
horribly exaggerated as touched upon in this article).
With this Solar Sharer initiative minister Bowen is suggesting that he will
ensure that even those that don’t have solar panels will still be major
beneficiaries of this energy source.
It’s a clever idea for the Labor Party to combat the endless stream of
negativity we hear from Liberal-National Party politicians falsely claiming
that renewable energy is driving up the cost of power.
But it also poses some risks and challenges. And it is no replacement for
policies that would ensure a broader spread of the community, and in particular
renters, received energy efficiency upgrades to their properties."
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
