@@johnhoyle4401 And roof top solar has dropped the price of power down heaps. [If you have solar on the roof use the power to run appliances otherwise the price hike it and other renewables has caused to the grid power will devastate you]
Yay, they're shutting down the power. Can't wait to move on to an intermittent power source. Watch all the climates hysterics melt down, when the espresso machines have no power, and they can't get an almond milk, pumpkin spiced latte.
Doesn't bother me I went 100% solar battery. Not because I support the solar energy because it was $15,000 cheaper to put on my property than hooking up to the mains. No more quarterly bills no more being held to ransom for price gouging.
It's like being on a 'metaphorical' coal fired plane and they shut down the engines 10 miles from the runway hoping the plane will make with battery power that hasn't been installed yet.
Usually after a power plant breaks even in terms of investment and revenue (maybe 20 years after starting operation), you are running it on pure profit. Not sure what the case is here... Just that it is shutting down, no reasons given.
Owners described it as not viable in 2013, announced this closure in 2015 and in 2018. AGL has cited cost of ongoing maintenance as the primary factor in stating that it was "not viable".
Where are all the renewables in place, up and running reliably after its 3 month trial, then a gradual shutdown to ensure the original stable base load is maintained
It is claimed that the Liddell power plant is being replaced by a giant battery with a capacity of 500 MW. The numbers don’t add up. Liddell has a capacity of 2,000 MW. The giant battery will be charged using wind and solar when it’s windy and sunny. On a windless night (12 hrs) it will have an output of 500 MWh. Liddell, on a windless night (12 hrs) had an output of 24,000 MWh. Liddell is not being replaced.
Liddell hasnt operated at full capacity for years. Last year it averaged 800MW. It had to restart a turbine every couple of weeks and was only available 5% of the time for peak demand. If you look at current demand trends on the grid, renewables are cutting heavily into daytime grid demand in particular. This used to be when coal plants made most of their money. Records are being set each year for minimum daytime demand. The battery is aiming to get through the early evening peak when demand is tightest. For the rest of the time there is plenty of alternative forms of generation. On a windless night, power consumption drops right away so it is not a concern. Even if Liddell could output 24,000 MWh (which it was no longer capable of) the power would not be needed because the demand is not there as people sleep
Best of luck to you. Going to need it.
We can always count on this Gov to make our lives more challenging.
...and if sanity had prevailed, a nuclear power station would simultaneously become online.
The sane know that nuclear power is far too expensive, far too dangerous, and far too late to do any good.
@@johnhoyle4401 And roof top solar has dropped the price of power down heaps. [If you have solar on the roof use the power to run appliances otherwise the price hike it and other renewables has caused to the grid power will devastate you]
Plug the new nuclear submarines into the grid.
That's all they'll be good for
At least the ev people will struggle just as hard for juice as the normal people struggle for fuel.
Replaced with moonbeams and unicorn piss driven turbines
Yay, they're shutting down the power. Can't wait to move on to an intermittent power source.
Watch all the climates hysterics melt down, when the espresso machines have no power, and they can't get an almond milk, pumpkin spiced latte.
Doesn't bother me I went 100% solar battery. Not because I support the solar energy because it was $15,000 cheaper to put on my property than hooking up to the mains. No more quarterly bills no more being held to ransom for price gouging.
Not everyone has the money to do that.
It's like being on a 'metaphorical' coal fired plane and they shut down the engines 10 miles from the runway hoping the plane will make with battery power that hasn't been installed yet.
Usually after a power plant breaks even in terms of investment and revenue (maybe 20 years after starting operation), you are running it on pure profit. Not sure what the case is here... Just that it is shutting down, no reasons given.
Owners described it as not viable in 2013, announced this closure in 2015 and in 2018. AGL has cited cost of ongoing maintenance as the primary factor in stating that it was "not viable".
@@bretloyd8097 Cheers man. One can always count on people like you for the full story. 🙏🏻
Where are all the renewables in place, up and running reliably after its 3 month trial, then a gradual shutdown to ensure the original stable base load is maintained
Thumbs down
It is claimed that the Liddell power plant is being replaced by a giant battery with a capacity of 500 MW. The numbers don’t add up. Liddell has a capacity of 2,000 MW.
The giant battery will be charged using wind and solar when it’s windy and sunny. On a windless night (12 hrs) it will have an output of 500 MWh.
Liddell, on a windless night (12 hrs) had an output of 24,000 MWh.
Liddell is not being replaced.
Liddell hasnt operated at full capacity for years. Last year it averaged 800MW. It had to restart a turbine every couple of weeks and was only available 5% of the time for peak demand. If you look at current demand trends on the grid, renewables are cutting heavily into daytime grid demand in particular. This used to be when coal plants made most of their money. Records are being set each year for minimum daytime demand. The battery is aiming to get through the early evening peak when demand is tightest. For the rest of the time there is plenty of alternative forms of generation. On a windless night, power consumption drops right away so it is not a concern. Even if Liddell could output 24,000 MWh (which it was no longer capable of) the power would not be needed because the demand is not there as people sleep
Your numbers don’t add up.
I got an ad for Bluetti power generator before this video. 🙄
What a shame!
Who needs power anymore?… tents and candles for everyone.
When's the funeral. LOL
MY LIGHTS ARE STILL ON!!! HA HA!
How many employees voted for their own doom? I bet there were plenty
It reminds me of the LNP.... in its last days.
It reminds me of the last few brain cells inside your head.
@@mickoz9389 Go public when you acquire any brain cells.
Need to keep it at stand by!