Comparing carbon-free baseload to carbon-free baseload

The nuclear debate here in Australia lacks fair comparison to other competing technologies. It includes figures that are not applicable in the Australian context and omissions, including fair comparisons with alternative technologies. To address some of these issues, Sunshine Hydro developed the following submission to the ‘Inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia’. We were pleased to present our position at one of the live hearings and to be quoted in the Courier Mail last weekend.

The hippie who couldn’t say “impossible”

Wivenhoe pumped hydro station in south-east Queensland (supplied: Queensland government)

Today is 18 September 2024 and that’s an important date for Sunshine Hydro.
Today, I and the team at Sunshine Hydro will remember my first visit to Wivenhoe Power Station ten years ago with gratitude, and celebrate the many ways we have made the impossible possible.

Our response to the proposed Clean Hydrogen Rules

Following the announcement of $2/kg Hydrogen Production Tax Incentive (HPTI), the Treasury ran a public consultation about the scheme. As often is the case, the devil is in the detail and the careful planning of this subsidy is paramount to avoid unintended adverse consequences to the Australian energy transition and leakage of subsidies outside of Australian borders.

Reconciliation in Action

In an era where public sentiment leans heavily toward acknowledging First Nations peoples and righting historical wrongs, the question that often emerges is: “What can businesses do to make a tangible difference?” While public support for indigenous communities is high on both sides of the referendum debate, concrete steps and real actions are what matter.

The Case for Ultra-Deep e-Methanol Storage

Ship at sea image by Valentin Schönpos from Pixabay

While we can’t predict what will cause the next energy crisis, we can be quite confident that one will arise, probably rather sooner than later. Most people will not expect it to happen until it does and will call it “unprecedented” – the new favourite word as record weather events and natural disasters occur weekly in global news.