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floatingbloatedgoat t1_iy9rgag wrote
Most of Australia's coal dependence is Japan's coal dependence. Despite making up 50% of Australian energy production, only 10% of coal produced in the country is used for energy production. The other 90% is exported, mostly to Japan.
ifeedoffstupidity t1_iy97nit wrote
Tell me about it once it's actually done, elon has a tendency to lie and abandon his promises just to get a sale or a good headline 🤷
Ambiwlans t1_iybbkxz wrote
https://www.energy-storage.news/tesla-deployed-nearly-4gwh-of-energy-storage-in-2021/
Tesla is literally well ahead of projections and rapidly expanding.
| Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storage deployed (MWh) | 358 | 1041 | 1651 | 3022 | 3992 |
For a global look at things: https://www.pv-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04012_Global_grid-connected_energy_storage_installations_2sp-1.jpg
Tesla went from 0% to 37% of GLOBAL battery storage installs in 5 years. (lower bound estimate of 15% depending on what types of storage you include and installation timing)
And it is accelerating:
>Tesla Announces Record Energy Storage Deployments of 2.1 GWh in Q3 2022
Eg0Break3r t1_iyae1on wrote
Came here to find the copers and seethers. Didn't take long... 1 comment in.
OriginalCompetitive t1_iyb653o wrote
Same. So predictable.
OriginalCompetitive t1_iyb6o10 wrote
Tesla has done more than any other corporation in history to reduce total future greenhouse gas emissions. Prove me wrong.
Ambiwlans t1_iybccja wrote
Karex. Easy.
OriginalCompetitive t1_iybdtu9 wrote
The world’s largest condom maker? I’m listening…
Ambiwlans t1_iybes5w wrote
They make billions of condoms a year. You know how many green house gas emitters we've avoided?
Depending on how far into the future we're talking, it could be many many times the good Tesla has done.
Kalashnikov is probably pretty green as well.
For max irony I wanted to say Ethyl Corporation, the gas company that created leaded gas since it apparently STILL kills 900k per year and they are still the main distributor of the lead additive... but I didn't want to do the math since they also cause a lot of CO2.
OriginalCompetitive t1_iybexls wrote
Ok, this is actually pretty convincing.
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FuturologyBot t1_iy92tdo wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/chrisdh79:
From the article: The wind energy project, developed by Spanish firm Acciona, will generate 1,000MW at peak production. It will more than double the existing 923MW wind farm by the state.
Both installations will power about 1.4 million households, Reuters reports. Tesla’s Megapack project will be located nearby at Kogan Creek Power Station. It will have a capacity of 200MWh.
Construction of the energy storage project will start in the fourth quarter of 2023. CE Energy will handle it. However, there has not been any information on when Acciona will start work on the wind farm. Australia has been a repeat customer of Tesla’s Megapacks. The country hosts four such installations already.
The largest is the 450 MWh Victorian Big Battery project. A second one, located in Bouldercombe, Queensland, will complete construction early next year. Australia is aiming for its energy to be 70 percent renewable by 2032. It is banking on massive batteries like Megapacks (dubbed “coal-killer”) to achieve the goal. They are replacements for coal-powered “peaker plants” that kick in to help balance loads at peak consumption periods.
Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/z7xvvq/teslas_energy_division_will_help_australia_reduce/iy8mpjx/
SuspiciousStable9649 t1_iybmqan wrote
Here’s hoping GWH (ESS Inc) can get moving on their lithium free 70% efficient iron flow battery production and sales. And free up those lithium supply chains for the Tesla EVs and other mobile applications with it’s 25 year service life.
iNstein t1_iybaysg wrote
People need to stop shitting on Australia for its coal. Most is exported or used in making iron.
People never complain about oil producing nations but coal gets shit on all the time. Why the double standard? Yes the world need to move to clean energy, I'm all for that but even playing field here please.
Ambiwlans t1_iybfotd wrote
Canada gets shit on for being an oil producing nation all the time.
And we tax the shit out of carbon, iirc, Canada only has lower carbon taxes than Sweden. So it isn't like we aren't trying to curb it... even though it is legit most of Canada's economy.
iNstein t1_iybt97t wrote
People are begging Saudi Arabia to pump more oil. Everyone cries if oil approaches $5 a gallon in the US. No one complains if oil price goes down. No one is building batteries in Canada to wean it off oil....
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Eg0Break3r t1_iyae839 wrote
Cope and seethe
chrisdh79 OP t1_iy8mpjx wrote
From the article: The wind energy project, developed by Spanish firm Acciona, will generate 1,000MW at peak production. It will more than double the existing 923MW wind farm by the state.
Both installations will power about 1.4 million households, Reuters reports. Tesla’s Megapack project will be located nearby at Kogan Creek Power Station. It will have a capacity of 200MWh.
Construction of the energy storage project will start in the fourth quarter of 2023. CE Energy will handle it. However, there has not been any information on when Acciona will start work on the wind farm. Australia has been a repeat customer of Tesla’s Megapacks. The country hosts four such installations already.
The largest is the 450 MWh Victorian Big Battery project. A second one, located in Bouldercombe, Queensland, will complete construction early next year. Australia is aiming for its energy to be 70 percent renewable by 2032. It is banking on massive batteries like Megapacks (dubbed “coal-killer”) to achieve the goal. They are replacements for coal-powered “peaker plants” that kick in to help balance loads at peak consumption periods.