[LINK] Hold up your hands if you Like HT Transmission Lines - Was - solar plants

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Tom Koltai wrote:
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> Err. No Jan, Solar Power can't be considered base load, therefore it is
> only good for peak load.
> Peak Load is 7:30 am to 9:00 am and 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm.
> 
> During the summer, Peak load (aircon) can extend from around midday
> through to 6:00 pm.
> 
> At night of course, unfortunately there is very little solar power
> generated.
> 
> Therefore all this does is cut our coal emissions by approximately
> 1/3rd.

Also reducing the need to build more power stations to deal with peak 
loads...if they are from air conditioning on hot sunny days....

Probably also good for heating office buildings on bright sunny winter days...

There are also some issues around cost of electricity to customers...savvy 
domestic solar power generators do their clothes and dish washing in the 
wee small hours. My guess is that they would use direct solar Hills Hoist 
to dry their clothes.

Marghanita

> 
> The distributed solar panels on the roofs of mums and dads still get fed
> into the grid and are charged back to you via the power companies.
> 
> However their cost of generated power goes down dramatically and their
> carbon offset costs are also reduced.
> 
> A win win... (cough cough). OK a win for Clean air... Reduced respitory
> illnesses, an extended lifespan for everyone and much cheaper
> healthcare.
> 
> Yep, that's a win. I think the Health and Insurance lobby is at least as
> large as the PowerGen lobby.
> 
> TomK
> 
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