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A Simple Challenge pt 3 - the numbers according to the true believers.

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Clean Energy Finance Corporation say that in order to meet the 2030 target of 82% renewable we need to spend more than $120 B, to replace approximately 8 GW of fossil fuelled power stations. So their estimate suggests 1 GW of baseload (about a $2B powerplant) will need 4GW or $15B of renewables. This is about half my estimate was, because I included batteries to ensure 24/7 power. They don't mention batteries. They also say building new transmission lines will cost $20B.
Sadly the article is paywalled


Alternatively of course we could build 8 GW of nuclear and site them at the current power stations, saving $20B in ugly transmission lines, and $40B in capital.


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Greg Locock


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