Comments on: Feasible Renewable Alternative to Powerlink’s proposal http://www.saveeumundi.org/2009/03/feasible-renewable-alternative-to-powerlinks-proposal/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Not surprised http://www.saveeumundi.org/2009/03/feasible-renewable-alternative-to-powerlinks-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Not surprised Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:08:13 +0000 http://www.saveeumundi.org/?p=788#comment-53 So let me get this right - Powerlink have been looking at this for over 18 months - some concerned residents working part time while still maintaining their normal jobs, have managed to come up with a solution. This just goes to show how truly interested the state government is in providing alternatives to the business as usual model - they are not. With the financial challenges facing Queensland and Australia you'd think they would be doing all they could to find demand side solutions - this is one prime option available to the government as highlighted by the comments above. So let me get this right – Powerlink have been looking at this for over 18 months – some concerned residents working part time while still maintaining their normal jobs, have managed to come up with a solution. This just goes to show how truly interested the state government is in providing alternatives to the business as usual model – they are not.

With the financial challenges facing Queensland and Australia you’d think they would be doing all they could to find demand side solutions – this is one prime option available to the government as highlighted by the comments above.

]]> By: Save Eumundi Team http://www.saveeumundi.org/2009/03/feasible-renewable-alternative-to-powerlinks-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Save Eumundi Team Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:11:03 +0000 http://www.saveeumundi.org/?p=788#comment-51 Greg, They are looking for 75mw by 2024, so they appear to be looking for 7.5mw / year over a 10 year period 2014 - 2024 based on the numbers that have been released so far. Whether this level of demand is still valid with the reduction in population forecast, the economic slow down and the various climate change related policies who knows? This is a real alternative to the State Governments business as usual approach and one they can't ignore no matter how much they try. Greg,

They are looking for 75mw by 2024, so they appear to be looking for 7.5mw / year over a 10 year period 2014 – 2024 based on the numbers that have been released so far. Whether this level of demand is still valid with the reduction in population forecast, the economic slow down and the various climate change related policies who knows?

This is a real alternative to the State Governments business as usual approach and one they can’t ignore no matter how much they try.

]]> By: Greg http://www.saveeumundi.org/2009/03/feasible-renewable-alternative-to-powerlinks-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Greg Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:25:25 +0000 http://www.saveeumundi.org/?p=788#comment-48 Congratulations on proposing a real alternative to the Powerlink transmission lines. A community action group advocating development in their region is fantastic. An additional point to the benefits of the "Solar Thermal plus Demand-Side" solution - by delivering demand-side solutions today, the Save Eumundi team can delay the need for the transmission lines. Powerlink must consider the delivered demand-side in its forecasts of the shortfall. Is the equation something like - for every 15-20MW of Demand-Side contracted, the transmission lines will be delayed one year? Congratulations on proposing a real alternative to the Powerlink transmission lines. A community action group advocating development in their region is fantastic.

An additional point to the benefits of the “Solar Thermal plus Demand-Side” solution – by delivering demand-side solutions today, the Save Eumundi team can delay the need for the transmission lines. Powerlink must consider the delivered demand-side in its forecasts of the shortfall. Is the equation something like – for every 15-20MW of Demand-Side contracted, the transmission lines will be delayed one year?

]]> By: Save Eumundi Team http://www.saveeumundi.org/2009/03/feasible-renewable-alternative-to-powerlinks-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Save Eumundi Team Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:21:13 +0000 http://www.saveeumundi.org/?p=788#comment-46 The company has several other projects in development around Australia at the moment. The basic technology is mature with prototypes working in Canberra since 1994. In the article one of the constraints when talking with Sanctuary and Energex was that the generation capacity needs to be located near the Energex distribution network - so not requiring a hook-up to the large scale transmission network. It would make more sense to be in one location, or two locations geographically close, given that an energy storage capacity is required to enable generation when the sun isn't shining e.g. at night and duplicating that several times over we would expect to be more expensive. There will always be some electromagnetic fields to deal with, but it is our understanding that these would be expected to be lower due the lower distance required to transport the energy generated. The company has several other projects in development around Australia at the moment. The basic technology is mature with prototypes working in Canberra since 1994. In the article one of the constraints when talking with Sanctuary and Energex was that the generation capacity needs to be located near the Energex distribution network – so not requiring a hook-up to the large scale transmission network.

It would make more sense to be in one location, or two locations geographically close, given that an energy storage capacity is required to enable generation when the sun isn’t shining e.g. at night and duplicating that several times over we would expect to be more expensive.

There will always be some electromagnetic fields to deal with, but it is our understanding that these would be expected to be lower due the lower distance required to transport the energy generated.

]]> By: debbie http://www.saveeumundi.org/2009/03/feasible-renewable-alternative-to-powerlinks-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-44 debbie Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:44:16 +0000 http://www.saveeumundi.org/?p=788#comment-44 are there any examples of this technology in use already? wont they still need transmission lines to move the power around? Is the 220 hectares required in one spot or is this over several sites making up the 220. would there not still be electro magnetic fields to deal with? are there any examples of this technology in use already? wont they still need transmission lines to move the power around? Is the 220 hectares required in one spot or is this over several sites making up the 220. would there not still be electro magnetic fields to deal with?

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