{"id":30463,"date":"2019-05-21T06:48:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=30463"},"modified":"2019-05-21T08:36:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T22:06:33","slug":"vodcast-episode-16-mb1061","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vodcast-episode-16-mb1061\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes Episode 16 &#8211; Finn And Ronald Go Nuclear"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Big Renewables in Australia and a Vigorous Debate Over Nuclear - SolarQuotes Vodcast #16\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7RBUCqu227A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Finn and Ronald discuss fuel efficiency standards, the rise and fall of SMA, big renewables in Australia, new SQ installer reviews features, nuclear power in Finland and more.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=39\">00:39<\/a> &#8211; Ronald talks about his recent post on proposed vehicle fuel efficiency standards. Contrary to some of the misinformation that has been published around the place, such standards are not a tax, Australians wouldn&#8217;t have to buy an electric car and petrol\/diesel powered vehicles would still be available &#8211; including utes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a disaster&#8221; says Ronald regarding the standards. &#8220;It will save Australia money, cut pollution and by cutting pollution it will save lives &#8211; and of course greenhouse gas emissions will be cut&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finn asks if the cost of fueling a gas-guzzling ute will increase &#8211; to which Ronald answers &#8220;no&#8221;. In fact, he says it could decrease. However, he points out that an electric ute will offer far better performance on the road and the cost of purchasing a gas guzzler could increase. Check out the segment for more information or Ronald&#8217;s detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/fuel-efficiency-standards\/\"> article on vehicle fuel efficiency standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=245\">4:05<\/a> &#8211; Solar inverter manufacturer SMA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sma-q1-results-mb1051\/\"> isn&#8217;t doing as well<\/a> as it used to. The company&#8217;s image and sales have taken a beating since deciding to make many of their inverters in China says Finn.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Basically, they grasped defeat from the jaws of victory.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the company is reversing that decision and moving production back to Germany.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=433\">7:13<\/a> &#8211; Ronald and Finn chat about a huge wind and solar energy project for Western Australia&#8217;s Pilbara region &#8211; the 11GW+ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/areh-wind-solar-storage-mb1054\/\"> Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH)<\/a>. The facility may also feature what will be the world&#8217;s longest High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) line to export electricity to countries such as Indonesia and Singapore.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not without risk,&#8221; says Finn about the project. &#8220;But we should get absolutely behind it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ronald also clarifies his position on green hydrogen &#8211; which may also be generated at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=544\">9:04<\/a> &#8211; The latest on a large-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/flow-battery-port-augusta-mb1055\/\">vanadium redox flow battery project<\/a> in Port Augusta. Finn really likes this technology for utility scale storage as the electrolyte can be refreshed and mechanical repairs can be carried out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The battery can in theory go forever, compared to lithium-ion that might have 10,15 years life before it needs replacing,&#8221; he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ronald points out the challenges with capital expenditure in terms of these sorts of batteries &#8211; not such an issue for large companies that can borrow money cheaply, but may not be such a good purchase for smaller companies relying on higher capital costs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=693\">11:33<\/a> &#8211; Best and worst reviews of the week as chosen by SQ team member Ned.<\/p>\n<p>The worst review was from an off-grid system owner who claimed negligence by a vendor (not an SQ client) over a generator purchase. After multiple issues, the vendor allegedly walked away from the problem &#8211; leaving the buyer with a &#8220;boat anchor&#8221;. Finn and Ronald&#8217;s advice &#8211; go to consumer affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Best review &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/essential-solar\/\"> Essential Solar<\/a> (part of the SolarQuotes pre-vetted installer network) received praise from a customer who recently had a system installed. While Essential Solar weren&#8217;t the cheapest quote; the system was installed rapidly and the customer was guided through the process &#8220;very comprehensively&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is a point about SolarQuotes that some people misunderstand,&#8221; says Finn. &#8220;Some people think it&#8217;s a get the cheapest system service. It&#8217;s not.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finn says from the data we see, price is important, but not the primary driver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=896\">14:56<\/a> &#8211; Finn discusses some of the new features on SolarQuotes&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/reviews\/\"> solar installer reviews<\/a>, including a timeline feature for ratings and &#8220;Ausranking&#8221;. This shows where a particular company ranks out of all installer reviews on the web site &#8211; client and non-client installation companies. Different timeframes and number of reviews can be selected for making comparisons. This is just the beginning &#8211; expect more exciting new review features in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=1082\">18:02<\/a> &#8211; Finn and Ronald chat about the UN Secretary-General&#8217;s call to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/un-climate-coal-mb1056\/\"> end fossil fuel subsidies<\/a> and to stop building new coal plants. While the Secretary-General said pollution should be taxed, not people, Ronald states this approach needs to be navigated carefully as it can lead to deficits in government revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Finn also runs a video that accompanied the article above showing Bill Nye &#8221; The Science Guy&#8221; getting all fired up about climate change &#8211; including Mr. Nye dropping a few f-bombs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the language I think we have to start using,&#8221; says Finn. &#8220;We should be on a war footing&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=1292\">21:32<\/a> &#8211; Solar power in the UK again set a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/uk-solar-peak-mb1057\/\"> new peak generation record<\/a> recently. Ronald and Finn make some comparisons between the UK and Australia on solar power. Both nations have similar levels of installed capacity, but Australia&#8217;s per capita figure is significantly higher &#8211; as it should!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7RBUCqu227A?t=1375\">22:55<\/a> &#8211; Powering Finn&#8217;s Land (Finland) &#8211; Ronald challenges Finn on his conclusion that Finland needs nuclear power given its long-dark winters.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;No way nuclear can pay for itself at the current prices,&#8221; says Ronald. &#8220;Or even at what I call the very optimistic price of around 8c per kilowatt hour for the new reactor they are planning to build.&#8221; You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/powering-finland-nuclear-renewables\/\">read Ronald&#8217;s analysis here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Finn says he believes we shouldn&#8217;t be demonising nuclear based on safety or cost.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We need all the tools at our disposal and we should be developing these reactors and getting the cost down and getting the safety up &#8211; even though it is the safest form of electricity generation already.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The debate then continued. 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