Comparison Renewable Energy Renewable Energy Nuclear Energy
Description Wind Turbines PV Solar Panels Nuclear Reactors
Weather depend Yes Yes No
Capacity Factor 35% 25% 95%
Land Area per MW 54.5 acres 7.25 acres 0.05 acres
Environmental destruction -Australia's unique flora, fauna and marine life
Extreme High Nil
Compromising food production
High Extreme Nil
Waste disposal costs Extreme Extreme Allowed in cost
Waste disposal process No No Yes
Waste at end of life Extreme Extreme Low
Visual Impact © High High Low
Noise Impact © Extreme Low Low
Wildlife Impact © Extreme High Low
Plant economic life ©20 years 25 years 60 years
Reliability generation Intermittent Intermittent Reliable
Capex / MWh $46.45 $74.07 $16.54
MWh of Energy Produced for operational life of 924 MW plant
41,778,219 18,088,387 441,398,880
Load follow capability No No Yes
Provid frequency control No No Yes
Provides system inertia No No Yes
Black start capability No No Yes
Direct process heat industry No No Yes
Plant operational life 25 years 30 years >60 years
Land Area per TWh 7,203 hectares 1,295 hectares 2.4 hectares
Major material requir t/TWh
5,976 tonnes 2,516 tonnes 1,190 tonnes
Critical minerals required t/TWh ©
130 tonnes 124 tonnes 12 tonnes
Materials - concrete t/TWh ©
4,446 tonnes 1,216 tonnes 1,058 tonnes
Materials - steel t/TWh ©
1,447 tonnes 938 tonnes 134 tonnes
Cost of storage $/kw ©
$1,629 battery per k $1,629 battery per kw $0
Lifecycle emissions g/Kwh ©
11 48 12
Additional transmission ©
Required Required No
Storage required ©
Typical 4 hours battery Typical 4 hours battery None
Life waste included in cost ©
no no Yes
Fuel cost $/GJ ©
Free Free 50 cents
Construction time years ©
18 months 18 months 6 years
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As you can see on every point Nuclear WINS HANDS DOWN. On reliability, cost per MWh, life span, waste disposal and damage to Rural Australia.
IT IS EXTREMELY CLEAR THAT THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLES MUST BE STOPPED NOW! TO STOP THE WASTE OF $TRILLIONS AND THE DEGRADATION OF REGIONAL AUSTRALIA.
HOWEVER, THE MOVE TO INTRODUCE NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIA COULD BE 15 TO 20 YEARS AWAY. AND IF LABOR, THE GREENS, THE TEALS AND INDEPENDENTS HAVE THEIR WAY IT COULD BE NEVER.
This again underlines how important (beginning with Liddell which closed in April 2023, Eraring in 2025, Yallourn in (2032 now 2028), Bayswater in 2033, with Loyang A in 2045). AND THAT NONE OF THESE COAL FIRED POWER STATIONS BE DEMOLISHED AFTER IT IS CLOSED, BUT BE MOTHBALLED, SO IT CAN BE RESTARTED IN THE EVENT, THAT A SHORTAGE OF ELECTRICAL GENERATION REQUIRES IT TO BE RESTARTED. Even if this requires the coal fired generators be compulsory acquired by the relevant Government, in the National interest.
May I strongly urge all business owners, large and small. CEO’s Managers, those in charge of aged care homes, and other public institutions, everyone in a position of management. Homeowners, etc. Reliable, low-cost power is essential. Blackouts are a diabolically, serious issue. Talk with your management, boards, staff about how it will affect your business.
The ACT Government claims that they are totally renewable energy powered. The ACT Government is deluding themselves and doesn’t realise how wrong they are. As all their electricity comes from the NSW Grid. It is more likely to be anywhere between 60% to 80% fossil fuels and only 20% to 30% unreliables, with the damage unreliables are doing to Rural Australia the whole project is a disaster.
Continue to promote our petition as widely as possible. https://www.change.org/p/blackouts-will-be-devastating-they-must-be-avoided-at-all-costs
Please donate $20 or $50 to keep our petition in the public eye. People are waking up. Promote the petition on Change.org and share it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp or Email.
KEEP INFORMED BY DAILY MONITORING THE AEMO DATA DASHBOARD. And alert your friends to watch the AEMO dashboard, the more know what's happening the better.
Particularly at 7pm and 7am (Or a time that suits you?) watch (and record) the mix of coal, gas hydro, batteries, solar and wind generation and the prices per MWh for each State on the AEMO dashboard.
Example: Eastern States 25th June 2024 3.40pm EST. Batteries 0%, Biomass 0%, Black Coal 46% Brown Coal 17%, Gas 5%, Hydro 3% Diesel 0% Solar 7%, Wind 20%. What should be a peak time for solar and wind production, but they are only contributing 27% of the Grid requirements. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SUN SETS AND THE WIND DROPS?
STOP PRESS: South Australia 4th June 2024 9.05pm EST. Batteries 0%, Gas 97%, Diesel 3% Solar 0%, Wind 0%.
SA RENEWABLES CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA WITH BATTERIES, SOLAR AND WIND PRODUCING NO ELECTRICITY, ZERO, NOTHING
We are up to 3,423 signatures, let’s increase it by many more, everyone’s future depends on it. Continue to spread the word, to all family, friends, anyone you meet, particularly discuss it with shop and business owners. Ask the question, “How do you plan to cope when the blackouts come? The possibility is too awful to contemplate.
WE MUST KEEP THOSE COAL FIRED GENERATORS GOING, TO KEEP OUR SOCIETY FROM HAVING BLACKOUTS, POWER RATIONING AND EXHORBITENT ENERGY PRICES.