Why Biomethanol Comes First
Why biomethanol is the practical first step in a staged green methanol pathway, with hydrogen-enhanced production added as the economics improve.
What 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Really Means
24/7 carbon-free energy means matching clean electricity to real demand hour by hour, which is much harder and more valuable than annual renewable matching.
Lowest Cost Is A Product Feature
A behind-the-curtain look at why Sunshine treats cost discipline as a product feature, and how that thinking shapes the green fuels pathway.
Climate Change Is Now A Reliability Problem
Decarbonisation must now deliver both emissions reduction and reliability, because communities and industries need clean systems that keep working under stress.
Fuel Resilience Is The Molecules Side Of The Same Problem
Fuel resilience is the molecules side of the same problem Sunshine has always worked on. Pumped hydro helps make clean electricity dependable; domestic biomethanol can help keep hard-to-electrify systems moving when imported fuel supply chains are under stress.
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.