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by PeFe
Tue Oct 29, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Well tell me the cost of the small Canadian reactor then?

It's all very easy to say "You post bias sources" but you don't post anything beyond dodgy YouTube videos....
by PeFe
Tue Oct 29, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/you-couldn-t-make-this-up-expert-pans-ontario-nuclear-option-20241028-p5klx1.html Professor Mark Winfield, an academic from York University in Canada who specialises in energy and environment, on Monday said the reaction among people in Ontario t...
by PeFe
Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:50 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6262
Views: 1612692

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

That map doesn't look quite right.

I am sure the corridor heads due south from Seaford and does not curve towards South Rd as this map indicates.
by PeFe
Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Wholesale electricity prices in South Australia over the last 24 hours.
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by PeFe
Fri Oct 25, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

I always have a little chuckle to myself whenever I hear someone say ''We can build nuclear in a 10 year timeframe" Why? Because real world experience says it wont work like that. Europe and North America have had nuclear power since the 1950's so their level of expertise is way above ours so h...
by PeFe
Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6262
Views: 1612692

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

The reliability of recharging on the run?
by PeFe
Tue Oct 22, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
Replies: 5098
Views: 1243649

Re: News & Discussion: Trams

Why not just increase the frequency? 10 minutes by day and 20 minutes nights and weekends... Too many people in Adelaide are obsessed by building new tram lines, train lines or new O-bahns. Increases in frequency is also "better public transport". I would like to see a lot of the Liberals ...
by PeFe
Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

BHP South Australia has done this and next year Olympic Dam mine will be powered exclusively by renewables and batteries. BHP Olympic Dam will not be powered exclusively by renewables. Yes you are right. I was under the impression that BHP had signed 2 agreements for renewable power.....the first o...
by PeFe
Mon Oct 21, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

There will still be industrial electricity consumers that are likely to need grid power and not generate sufficient solar and battery power for their operations. Small home and factory wind turbines seem not to be installed in Australia. Industrial users of electricity are better off doing deals wi...
by PeFe
Mon Oct 21, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

I have not heard that the transmission lines between Port Augusta and Adelaide are full yet. Maybe the Electranet site will give some idea of future expansion plans. https://www.electranet.com.au/ And another battery has started construction, this time near Port Pirie......150mw/300mwh not huge but ...
by PeFe
Mon Oct 21, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

I have also heard that South Australian transmission charges (the price to move electricity from one part of the state to another) are higher than all the other states (including WA which actually has 3 separate grids). This has been justified by SAPN because of SA's small population base and the la...
by PeFe
Sun Oct 20, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

wind turbines and solar panels wont cut it for critical infrastructure Amazon follows Google in taking the nuclear option to power data centres https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/10/17/amazon-follows-google-in-taking-the-nuclear-option-to-power-data-centres No costings for Google's small nuclea...
by PeFe
Wed Oct 02, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2072
Views: 469012

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Renewables receive "subsidies"....... but if its for fossil fuels then its called "tax credits" "tax concessions" "exploration credits" Fossil fuel subsidies hit $14.5 billion in 2023-24, up 31% New research from the Australia Institute has found that state an...
by PeFe
Fri Aug 30, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line
Replies: 498
Views: 147555

[U/C] Re: Port Adelaide Dock Spur Line

Another video of the Port Dock train line opening.

https://youtu.be/7D5mCO-6o0c?si=Ere5X260qsri9r2m
by PeFe
Fri Aug 16, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: O-Bahn
Replies: 1847
Views: 485429

Re: News & Discussion: O-Bahn

I believe the Jet Express bus to the airport was not a great success when it previously ran...ie low patronage. The Express bus stops were different to the J1 and J2 bus stops so if you missed the express bus you had to walk to another bus stop on another street to get the alternative services. I wo...