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Australia might be one of the most responsible places on the planet. Small population on a massive continent, so so much of Australia is just still wild and und

Australia might be one of the most responsible places on the planet. Small population on a massive continent, so so much of Australia is just still wild and undeveloped. Heavy emphasis on renewable energy. If the whole world was like Australia we would have a lot less big crises

Leo_Verto 4y ago
This is a simulation showing how Australia could meet its electricity demands using a large amount of additional renewable capacity. Unfortunately the Australian electricity generation mix as of 2020 is made up of 54% coal and 20% and just 24% renewables [1]. Renewable capacity is increasing but at the current pace 90+% renewable generation is not likely to be achieved within the next 20 years. You can check the live generation mix on electricitymap [2]. [1]: https://www.energy.gov.au/data/australian-electricity-generation-fuel-mix https://www.energy.gov.au/data/australian-electricity-genera... [2]: https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/AUS-NSW https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/AUS-NSW
- conjecTech 4y ago
  They transitioned 3.5% of grid supply last year, and that's actually an underestimate of the transition since it doesn't factor in behind-the-meter use of solar. Solar adoption has also accelerated over the last couple of years, up from 23% growth over 2019 to 42% growth last year. I wouldn't be surprised to see an almost full transition in the next 10 years.
- guerby 4y ago
  According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Australia Yearly PV capacity increase is between 3 and 4 GW, so tripling PV as the simulation assumes starting from 27 GW means between 11 and 15 years to reach at the current rate. I did not look for wind data (yet).
  - ZeroGravitas 4y ago
    If you do the increase as a percentage, say 20% yearly growth in output, which probably better fits the history and other countries, then it's about half that time to triple.

Leo_Verto 4y ago

This is a simulation showing how Australia could meet its electricity demands using a large amount of additional renewable capacity. Unfortunately the Australian electricity generation mix as of 2020 is made up of 54% coal and 20% and just 24% renewables [1]. Renewable capacity is increasing but at the current pace 90+% renewable generation is not likely to be achieved within the next 20 years. You can check the live generation mix on electricitymap [2]. [1]: https://www.energy.gov.au/data/australian-electricity-generation-fuel-mix https://www.energy.gov.au/data/australian-electricity-genera... [2]: https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/AUS-NSW https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/AUS-NSW

conjecTech 4y ago
They transitioned 3.5% of grid supply last year, and that's actually an underestimate of the transition since it doesn't factor in behind-the-meter use of solar. Solar adoption has also accelerated over the last couple of years, up from 23% growth over 2019 to 42% growth last year. I wouldn't be surprised to see an almost full transition in the next 10 years.
guerby 4y ago
According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Australia Yearly PV capacity increase is between 3 and 4 GW, so tripling PV as the simulation assumes starting from 27 GW means between 11 and 15 years to reach at the current rate. I did not look for wind data (yet).
- ZeroGravitas 4y ago
  If you do the increase as a percentage, say 20% yearly growth in output, which probably better fits the history and other countries, then it's about half that time to triple.