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.
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.
An untold story about nuclear power
There’s been lots of discussion lately about nuclear power and its role in a future Australian grid. In a recent Investor Q&A Webinar for our equity crowdfunding campaign on Birchal, we were asked if we see nuclear power as a threat to our Superhybrid™ business model. That question inspired me to write this blog.
Our story so far
The first tender shoots of the idea for this company started when I was living in a sustainable community. The community needed energy storage and I started looking at how that might be done. First I envisaged a micro pumped hydro station. However, the more I explored these ideas, the bigger things became and the possibilities of what could be achieved increased. It soon became clear that I needed a company with like-minded individuals to carry this forward, and so Sunshine Hydro was born.
Energy Transition learning from the Yellowstone Wolves
Can we learn from the Yellowstone Wolves about the value of a keystone species on its ecosystem.
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
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.
Community is why we are in business
Technology and economics as ‘how’ we will bring our vision to life. Community and environment are ‘why’ we will bring it to life. Or, more broadly, ‘why’ we are in business. Like in all organisations, ‘why’ is where the passion lies.
The carbon-free base load that isn’t nuclear
The world is facing a perfect storm with scarcity driving up fossil fuel prices just as we need to urgently address our carbon emission targets. So it’s not surprising a debate has developed in Australia about the pros and cons of nuclear power.
AESOP disrupts pumped hydro industry – Improves project profits by over 100%
AESOP (Advanced Energy Storage Optimising Program) is software that enables engineers to accurately model and optimise hybrid renewable energy storage projects.
