Comments on: New energy report tilts the cost balance towards renewables https://www.openforum.com.au/new-energy-report-tilts-the-cost-balance-towards-renewables/ Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 By: Alan Stevenson https://www.openforum.com.au/new-energy-report-tilts-the-cost-balance-towards-renewables/#comment-5000 Thu, 27 Dec 2018 23:06:07 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18673#comment-5000 The best areas to build renewable power plants tend to be those situated far from the infrastructure needed to transport the electricity to those areas where it is most needed. The coal and gas plants currently in operation have been experiencing problems especially during the current hot spell, so the argument that they are more reliable s beginning to look a bit fraught.

Since the cost of building a renewable plant is now less than that of a new coal or gas one, surely the best option would be to extend the infrastructure (poles, lines, and transformers) at taxpayers’ expense to be repaid from the profits?

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