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Victoria Locks 50% Renewable Target Into Law
Aug 16th, 2019 at 6:47am
 
Victoria introduces bill to lock 50% renewables target into law
13 August 2019
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Victoria’s Labor government has made good on its election promise to boost the state’s renewable energy target to 50 per cent by 2030, with the introduction of a bill into parliament on Tuesday that will lock the target into law.   Smiley

The Renewable Energy (Jobs and Investment) Amendment Bill 2019 builds on the Andrews government’s original VRET legislation, which saw Victoria become the first Australian state to write its renewables target into law.   

The original legislation, which passed through the state parliament without a single show of support from the LNP opposition, committed the state to source 25 per cent of its electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020, and 40 per cent by 2025.

“These targets help industry to invest with certainty, creating local jobs – particularly in regional Victoria,” said state energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio in a statement on Tuesday.

“Victoria is the renewable energy capital of Australia and strengthening the VRET in law will keep it that way – boosting jobs, reducing emissions and driving down energy prices.”

As we have reported, the addition of the 2030 target – while no doubt a welcome sign to the renewable energy industry – is now mostly academic, with Victoria on track to pass 50 per cent renewables sometime in 2029, according to the business-as-usual “neutral” scenario mapped out in the Australian Energy Market Operator’s Integrated System Plan.

In the time since the ISP and the above chart were produced by AEMO, Victoria has also rolled out its massive – if controversial – solar PV incentive, which aims to add another 2.6GW of rooftop solar on another 650,000 homes over the next 10 years.

There are, however, issues with the state’s network, but AEMO has unveiled its own proposals to make additions that will allow the necessary wind and solar capacity to join the grid.

Green groups argue the Andrews government should set an even more ambitious target, to both speed up and smooth the transition to renewables, and away from coal, particularly given warnings – such as that from Alinta Energy in this week’s Energy Insiders podcast – that coal plants will close early.

“With recent speculation that Victorian coal power stations could close much earlier than expected, we need to build more renewable energy and storage ahead of time to ensure the energy transition is as smooth as possible,” said Environment Victoria campaigns manager Dr Nicholas Aberle on Tuesday.

“Signing into law a minimum of 50 percent renewable energy by 2030 is an important step from the Andrews government, but we should be aiming to go much higher.

“The IPCC has made it clear that developed countries should stop burning coal by 2030 if we are to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.”

Friends of the Earth, meanwhile, has welcomed the new renewables bill as a sign that the government will follow suit with “science-based” emissions reduction targets, to help keep warming well below 1.5°C.

“The increased renewable energy target shows the Andrews government has a plan to cut emissions in the electricity sector in a way that creates climate jobs,” said Act on Climate coordinator Leigh Ewbank.

The Victorian government says the increased VRET will contribute some heavy lifting on emissions reduction for the state, while also creating around 24,000 jobs by 2030, and driving an additional $5.8 billion in economic activity.   Smiley

D’Ambrosio said driving the roll-out of renewable energy on the grid would also cut power costs by around $32 a year for households, $3,100 a year for medium businesses and $150,000 each year for large companies.
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Reply #1 - Aug 16th, 2019 at 12:26pm
 
And in other news -

"The Australian Energy Regular will take four South Australian wind farm operators to court accusing them of failing to perform properly during SA's statewide blackout in 2016."

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/court-action-over-2016-sa-blac...

I guess they reckon they have a case.
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Reply #2 - Aug 16th, 2019 at 1:19pm
 
Thanks WhiteKnight,
anything is better than burning stinking coal.
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Reply #3 - Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:02pm
 
Bobby. wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 1:19pm:
Thanks WhiteKnight,
anything is better than burning stinking coal.



Even unreliable power? Just imagine being under the knife and the power goes out.
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Reply #4 - Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:04pm
 
lee wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:02pm:
Bobby. wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 1:19pm:
Thanks WhiteKnight,
anything is better than burning stinking coal.



Even unreliable power? Just imagine being under the knife and the power goes out.



All  operating theaters have diesel backup electric generators
so don't worry.
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Reply #5 - Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:19pm
 
Bobby. wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:04pm:
All  operating theaters have diesel backup electric generators
so don't worry.


So dirty diesel replacing dirt coal.

And backup power plant are absolutely reliable. /sarc

"Two operations were disrupted when a software failure left part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital without power for up to 20 minutes yesterday morning.

SA Health said early advice indicated there were no adverse patient outcomes and no emergency surgeries were affected.

It said maintenance crews were testing a generator and the power outage happened because a software failure prevented the affected section of the hospital from being switched back from generator to mains power."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-07/power-failure-at-royal-adelaide-hospital-...
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Reply #6 - Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:23pm
 
lee wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:19pm:
Bobby. wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:04pm:
All  operating theaters have diesel backup electric generators
so don't worry.


So dirty diesel replacing dirt coal.

And backup power plant are absolutely reliable. /sarc

"Two operations were disrupted when a software failure left part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital without power for up to 20 minutes yesterday morning.

SA Health said early advice indicated there were no adverse patient outcomes and no emergency surgeries were affected.

It said maintenance crews were testing a generator and the power outage happened because a software failure prevented the affected section of the hospital from being switched back from generator to mains power."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-07/power-failure-at-royal-adelaide-hospital-...



I stated only the theory.
In practice it can still fail so maybe you should worry?
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Reply #7 - Aug 17th, 2019 at 7:57am
 
lee wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:19pm:
Bobby. wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:04pm:
All  operating theaters have diesel backup electric generators
so don't worry.


So dirty diesel replacing dirt coal.

And backup power plant are absolutely reliable. /sarc

"Two operations were disrupted when a software failure left part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital without power for up to 20 minutes yesterday morning.

SA Health said early advice indicated there were no adverse patient outcomes and no emergency surgeries were affected.

It said maintenance crews were testing a generator and the power outage happened because a software failure prevented the affected section of the hospital from being switched back from generator to mains power."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-07/power-failure-at-royal-adelaide-hospital-...



How do us truckers deliver the diesel for the hospital genset  when our electric trucks are sitting around foe 12hours a day recharging to a windmill that ain't turning........fmd we are witnessing the collapse of sane thought and process.
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Reply #8 - Aug 17th, 2019 at 8:01am
 
Q.  What did Victorians use before candles to light their homes?

A.  Electricity from beautiful reliable coal fired power stations in the Latrobe Valley.


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Rider wrote on Aug 17th, 2019 at 8:01am:
Q.  What did Victorians use before candles to light their homes?

A.  Electricity from beautiful reliable coal fired power stations in the Latrobe Valley.





Beautiful?
When the Hazelwood power station was running
in the Latrobe valley it put out mega amounts of brown smog:

...


https://www.thefifthestate.com.au/education/harvard-calculates-health-and-enviro...


Victorian coal power stations are causing billions of dollars of health and environmental damage, research out of Harvard University has found.

The new figures, released by Environment Victoria, are based on the externalised social costs for electricity generators in Victoria, and estimate that brown coal generators in the Latrobe Valley are each causing between $500 million and $1.2 billion dollars worth of damage a year.

“It has been known for a long time that burning coal causes health and environmental damage, but this is the first time research has attempted to quantify that cost in Victoria,” Environment Victoria Safe Climate campaign manager Dr Nicholas Aberle said.

“At Anglesea, where the biggest problem is the sulphur dioxide, we see health costs of $170 million per year from a very small, and now redundant, power station.”

Dr Aberle said many of Victoria’s power stations were operating past their use-by date.

“They’ve got every incentive to hold on because they’re cheap to run, but they’re not paying for any of the pollution or damage they create,” he said.

This was a market failure that was preventing a shift to cleaner generation, he said.

The research was spurred by 2014’s Hazelwood mine fire disaster, which covered towns like Morwell in a thick blanket of smog.
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Reply #10 - Aug 17th, 2019 at 11:25am
 
Bobby. wrote on Aug 17th, 2019 at 8:47am:
Rider wrote on Aug 17th, 2019 at 8:01am:
Q.  What did Victorians use before candles to light their homes?

A.  Electricity from beautiful reliable coal fired power stations in the Latrobe Valley.





Beautiful?
When the Hazelwood power station was running
in the Latrobe valley it put out mega amounts of brown smog:

https://www.thefifthestate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hazelwood-power-sta...


https://www.thefifthestate.com.au/education/harvard-calculates-health-and-enviro...


Victorian coal power stations are causing billions of dollars of health and environmental damage, research out of Harvard University has found.

The new figures, released by Environment Victoria, are based on the externalised social costs for electricity generators in Victoria, and estimate that brown coal generators in the Latrobe Valley are each causing between $500 million and $1.2 billion dollars worth of damage a year.

“It has been known for a long time that burning coal causes health and environmental damage, but this is the first time research has attempted to quantify that cost in Victoria,” Environment Victoria Safe Climate campaign manager Dr Nicholas Aberle said.

“At Anglesea, where the biggest problem is the sulphur dioxide, we see health costs of $170 million per year from a very small, and now redundant, power station.”

Dr Aberle said many of Victoria’s power stations were operating past their use-by date.

“They’ve got every incentive to hold on because they’re cheap to run, but they’re not paying for any of the pollution or damage they create,” he said.

This was a market failure that was preventing a shift to cleaner generation, he said.

The research was spurred by 2014’s Hazelwood mine fire disaster, which covered towns like Morwell in a thick blanket of smog.


So it was a mine fire not the electricity generation. Sick of spin doctors and rubbish reports from so called authority. Stop the UN mandated crap.

We don't want unaffordable unreliable power. We want to keep more of the money we earn so we can improve our own lives, not have pointy headed mongs create a false narrative and then tax the crap out of us.
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Reply #11 - Aug 17th, 2019 at 11:29am
 
Rider wrote on Aug 17th, 2019 at 7:57am:
lee wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:19pm:
Bobby. wrote on Aug 16th, 2019 at 3:04pm:
All  operating theaters have diesel backup electric generators
so don't worry.


So dirty diesel replacing dirt coal.

And backup power plant are absolutely reliable. /sarc

"Two operations were disrupted when a software failure left part of the Royal Adelaide Hospital without power for up to 20 minutes yesterday morning.

SA Health said early advice indicated there were no adverse patient outcomes and no emergency surgeries were affected.

It said maintenance crews were testing a generator and the power outage happened because a software failure prevented the affected section of the hospital from being switched back from generator to mains power."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-07/power-failure-at-royal-adelaide-hospital-...



How do us truckers deliver the diesel for the hospital genset  when our electric trucks are sitting around foe 12hours a day recharging to a windmill that ain't turning........fmd we are witnessing the collapse of sane thought and process.


No answer Bobby.......guess you only do things in theory, leave the rest of us to deal with the
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Typical wanna be elite are you bobby?  Another useful
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they are gonna burn you too Bobby, you aren't exempt. You ain't an elite no matter how hard you
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yourself.


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