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Originally Posted by Eternal
The equation is therefore quite simple -
Solar with storage = proven technology already in operation around the world + significant expertise in Australia + renewable resource = Best choice
Thorium power plant = unproven technology with no plant in operation in the world + toxic waste + non-renewable resource = FAIL!
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I would have to disagree. The thread is about base load and solar and wind are inherently unpredictable and therefore their ability to provide an electrically stable grid over short, medium and long term is not guaranteed. It's that simple.
I am all for solar & wind but only as a peaking plant where the storage technology (such as that the CSIRO are developing for wind turbines) is used to dampen the output power to avoid power fluctuations rather than wait until after dark.
Wind and solar unregulated cause line voltage & frequency regulation issues and possible over fluxing of transformers which require a large machine on the grid with a power stabiliser to control. The last few several hundred MW machines I have been involved in commissioning have strict grid compliance re electrical performance in sub second transient responses to several seconds response. Wind and solar without this technology come nowhere near this performance.
Darrin...