Fiacre Rougieux

30% renewables globally. Several countries are at 100%. We can do this, let's go!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/renewable-energy-passes-30-of-worlds-electricity-supply

Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply

Report says humans may be on brink of cutting fossil fuel generation, even as demand for electricity rises

The Guardian
May 9, 2024 at 3:50amWeb
Show threadPaulWayMay 9, 2024

@fiacrerougieux And we'll keep being able to do it as coal fired power generators die.

Most people in NSW won't know this, but half of Eraring's generators are offline because of "unscheduled maintenance" - i.e. failures. You won't see this on any major news site, but here it is:

https://wattclarity.com.au/articles/2024/05/08may-evening-nsw-administeredpricing/

I knew because I use Amber Electric and there was a price spike of up to $18 per kilowatt-hour (!!) - normally power here is around 20c-40c/kwhr during that peak time.

Coal is not reliable, and it's not cheap.

Thar she blows! NSW hits the CPT and enters Administered Pricing (until Wed 15th May at least) … I think for only the 2nd time ever?

At 19:55 (NEM time) on Wednesday 8th May 2024, the NSW region commenced Administered Pricing for ENERGY and 10 x FCAS commodities, following a rapid spell of spot price volatility.

WattClarity