Geoff Russell
Scrutiny of energy transitions: is our media up to the job?
Peter Dutton's nuclear plan and the media storm around it has raised questions over our media's capacity to analyse any energy plan.
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Geoff Russell
Jun 95 min read
How the CSIRO and AEMO buried $200 billion of added renewable electricity costs
The AEMO ISP & Gencost agree that costs on the other side of the meter can be ignored. That's how they find renewables cheaper than nuclear.
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Geoff Russell
Oct 29, 202317 min read
Energy spin and the running of the bull(shit)
Australia's energy policy is fast becoming a global outlier.
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Geoff Russell
Oct 9, 202316 min read
Duck hunting, sustainability and feeding the planet
Should a South Australian Parliamentary Committee recommend a ban on shooting flying ducks with shotguns? It's about the process.
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Geoff Russell
Feb 14, 202322 min read
Gambling on the grid
Suppose you are trying to shift Australia’s 30 million tonne grain harvest and somebody has decreed that you couldn’t use anything other...
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Geoff Russell
Jan 20, 202317 min read
It's the grid, stupid!
“It’s the economy, stupid” was a phrase coined back in 1992 during a U.S. election campaign. It’s purpose was to keep people focused on...
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Geoff Russell
Jan 3, 202320 min read
Merchants of doubt and merchants of fear
Climate scientist Matthew England interviewed Naomi Oreskes, who, with Erik Conway, wrote: “Merchants of Doubt; How a handful of...
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Geoff Russell
Dec 22, 20229 min read
Hard to decarbonise: Diesels Part II
I posted about decarbonising diesel engines a while back and it’s time for part II: solutions. But “approaches” is definitely a more...
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Geoff Russell
Dec 5, 202211 min read
Hard to Decarbonise: Diesels
This is the start of a series on hard-to-decarbonise parts of the global economy. The first part will be diesel engines and it will take...
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Geoff Russell
Nov 7, 202217 min read
Zali Steggall and Australia's cargo cults
I vaguely remember learning about cargo cults at school. Are they still in the curriculum? Perhaps there is so much competition in the...
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Geoff Russell
Sep 24, 20227 min read
Part IV: How nuclear power can reduce electricity costs.
Abbreviations: AEMO: Australian Energy Market Operator ESB: Energy Security Board GENCOST: Gencost GSOO: Gas Statement of Opportunities...
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Geoff Russell
Sep 12, 20229 min read
Part III: Is nuclear power expensive or just much better?
Part III: Is nuclear power really expensive, or just much better? Abbreviations: AEMO: Australian Energy Market Operator CCGT:...
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Geoff Russell
Sep 2, 202212 min read
Part II: Is nuclear power really expensive, or just much better?
Abbreviations: CCGT: combined-cycle gas turbine, this is the top-of-the-range gas turbine CCS: Carbon Capture and Storage GENCOST:...
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Geoff Russell
Aug 26, 202210 min read
Is nuclear power really expensive? or is it just better?
[This is Part I in a series of posts on nuclear costs, they are companions to the post on nuclear construction times. Some of it is...
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Geoff Russell
Aug 12, 202212 min read
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant; a potential disaster? Or an actual one?
[Further update: 26th August 2022 ... New York Times reporting the reactors are back on the grid. Wonderful news! Still reporting just 2...
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Geoff Russell
Aug 6, 20227 min read
Nuclear may (or may not) be expensive, but it's much faster to build than renewables!
This is the first of two posts, and deals with the speed of building nuclear reactors. The next post will deal with costs. Build speeds...
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Geoff Russell
Jul 27, 20228 min read
Renewable gas
[N.B. Longer article on Grid Capacity, promised last week, has been delayed a little ... but is still coming] I keep seeing news reports...
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Geoff Russell
Jul 7, 202210 min read
Readfearn and Australia's electricity "plan"
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has drawn up a detailed Integrated System Plan (ISP) for the eastern Australian grid (the...
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Geoff Russell
Jun 22, 202221 min read
Blackout: tomorrow is too late
"Blackouts" seem to be the new black. SBS On Demand is running a couple of mini-series on them at the moment. There's a 2020 Belgian 10...
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Geoff Russell
Jun 8, 20227 min read
Washing on the "green hydrogen" spin cycle
The Economist recently interviewed the German Europe and climate Minister, Anna Luhrmann, about Germany's will and capacity to wean...
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