{"id":90681,"date":"2025-03-21T04:26:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=90681"},"modified":"2025-03-24T08:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T23:16:51","slug":"nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg\" alt=\"Nuclear power station\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Self-described grassroots movement Nuclear for Australia is calling for policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in Australia&#8217;s future energy mix. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The group announced yesterday that more than 100,000 Australians (101,334 at the time of writing) have signed their petition calling for removing a ban on nuclear power here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearforaustralia.com\/\">Nuclear for Australia<\/a> was founded in December 2022 and is chaired by the former CEO of Australia&#8217;s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Dr Adi Paterson. Also involved with the organisation is founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Dick Smith, who is a patron.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Australians are tired of distractions and misinformation,&#8221;<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#en-90681-1' id='enref-90681-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(90681)'>1<\/a><\/sup> said Will Shackel, Founder of the group. &#8220;Over 100,000 signatures show that people want nuclear power on the table as a practical solution for Australia&#8217;s energy needs.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for the call for a science-based conversation on nuclear power, if only there was a suitable organisation policy makers could turn to for pretty reliable information.<\/p>\n<p>How about the CSIRO? It&#8217;s in their name: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Science *and* Industrial research &#8211; it seems like a suitable candidate to lead this. Now, if only CSIRO would weigh in on the thorny topic.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s that you say? They have?<\/p>\n<h2>Nuclear Not A Timely, Cost-Competitive Or Efficient Solution<\/h2>\n<p>The answer to the question of nuclear in Australia\u2019s electricity sector <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csiro.au\/en\/news\/all\/articles\/2024\/december\/nuclear-explainer\">is answered on this CSIRO page<\/a>. The CSIRO is pretty clear in its view, last updated in early December 2024.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently, nuclear power doesn&#8217;t offer the most cost-competitive solution for low emission electricity in Australia.<\/li>\n<li>Long development lead times mean nuclear can&#8217;t make a significant contribution to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.<\/li>\n<li>While nuclear power plants have a long operational life, this offers no unique cost advantage over shorter-lived technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CSIRO&#8217;s draft<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#en-90681-2' id='enref-90681-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(90681)'>2<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csiro.au\/en\/research\/technology-space\/energy\/Electricity-transition\/GenCost\">GenCost 2024-25 Report<\/a> found renewables continue to have the lowest cost range of any new build electricity generation technologies (for the seventh year in a row). That&#8217;s including the cost of firming &#8211; taking into consideration storage, transmission, system security and &#8220;spilled&#8221; energy.<\/p>\n<h2>Reversing The Ban A Pointless Distraction<\/h2>\n<p>As for other countries pursuing nuclear power; some are setting a good example of what *not* to do in Australia &#8211; and that is pursue nuclear energy.<\/p>\n<p>A recent example is the latest reported cost blow-out for the UK\u2019s proposed Sizewell C nuclear plant<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#en-90681-3' id='enref-90681-3' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(90681)'>3<\/a><\/sup>; which has doubled since 2020 to around $80 billion Australian dollars. Along with large-scale firmed renewables, that could buy a lot of rooftop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">solar power systems<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">home batteries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), Sizewell C&#8217;s current estimated costs are about 2.5 times the capital cost used in the Coalition\u2019s modelling for its nuclear dreams in Australia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For an Australian nuclear plant with similar costs to those reported for Sizewell C to be commercially viable, average household power bills would need to increase by between $561 and $961 per year,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ieefa.org\/resources\/new-uk-data-sends-nuclear-warning-australia\">states IEEFA<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It makes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-standing-offers-mb3137\/\">electricity price rises on the cards<\/a> for many Australians in 2025\/26 seem like chump change.<\/p>\n<p>As for mature and scientific conversation, we can do that until the cows come home and we have been; along with plenty of other types of conversations (including some here on SQ). But it&#8217;s not really a complicated thing to grasp &#8211; reversing a ban wouldn&#8217;t change the fact that:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/submarines-nuclear-not-power-stations\/\">Nuclear power is too expensive for Australia.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But cost alone isn&#8217;t a good reason for maintaining a ban. So what harm is there in removing it?<\/p>\n<p>Given all the other issues associated with nuclear energy when there are more appropriate solutions already good to go and being implemented (renewables), just going through the motions and its impacts would turn into a huge time-sucking exercise and dangerous distraction. Time is a luxury we don&#8217;t have given all the faffing about with fossil fuels over the years &#8211; and that would be extended too.<\/p>\n<p>To have nuclear power on the table as an energy solution in Australia, you&#8217;d first need to scrape it off the floor.\u00a0Maintaining the ban helps save us from ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-described grassroots movement Nuclear for Australia is calling for policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in Australia&#8217;s future energy mix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":90682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[636],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electricity-prices","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nuclear for Australia calls on policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in our energy mix.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nuclear for Australia calls on policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in our energy mix.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-20T18:56:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-23T23:16:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-20T18:56:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-23T23:16:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/\"},\"wordCount\":722,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Electricity Prices\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/\",\"name\":\"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-20T18:56:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-23T23:16:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Nuclear for Australia calls on policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in our energy mix.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Nuclear power station\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Electricity Prices\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/electricity-prices\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\",\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Michael Bloch\"},\"description\":\"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?","description":"Nuclear for Australia calls on policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in our energy mix.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?","og_description":"Nuclear for Australia calls on policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in our energy mix.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2025-03-20T18:56:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-23T23:16:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Bloch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?","datePublished":"2025-03-20T18:56:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-23T23:16:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/"},"wordCount":722,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg","articleSection":["Electricity Prices"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/","name":"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-20T18:56:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-23T23:16:51+00:00","description":"Nuclear for Australia calls on policy makers to kick off a science-driven conversation about including nuclear power in our energy mix.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Nuclear power station"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-ban-australia-mb3142\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Electricity Prices","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/electricity-prices\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nuclear Power In Australia:\u00a0 A Little More Conversation?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1","name":"Michael Bloch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Michael Bloch"},"description":"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nuclear-energy-australia.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-nAB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85351,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nuclear-renewables-australia-mb2969\/","url_meta":{"origin":90681,"position":0},"title":"Nuclear + Solar In Australia = A Huge Waste Of Energy","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"July 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The operation of just one nuclear power station in Queensland would require cutting off renewable energy output equivalent to tens of thousands of home solar power systems every day says Queensland Conservation Council (QCC). The Coalition wants to see nuclear plants at what are or will eventually be shuttered coal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nuclear power in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nuclear-solar-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6489,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/keith-de-lacy-not-right-solar-wind-power-not-not-anywhere\/","url_meta":{"origin":90681,"position":1},"title":"Keith De Lacy Is Not Right About Solar And Wind Power &#8211; Not Here, Not Anywhere","author":"Finn Peacock","date":"June 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Australian recently published an opinion piece by the Director of an oil shale company and former Chairman of Macarthur Coal, entitled, \u201cSolar And Wind Power Simply Don't Work - Not Here, Not Anywhere\". This was surprising because the solar panels above my head are producing electricity right now.\u00a0 And\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Policy","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"article","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/de-lacy-article.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/de-lacy-article.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/de-lacy-article.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":90994,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/fact-check-no-mum-nuclear-wont-reduce-costs-by-25\/","url_meta":{"origin":90681,"position":2},"title":"Fact Check: No, Mum, Nuclear Won&#8217;t Reduce Costs By 25%","author":"Ronald Brakels","date":"April 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A group called \"Mums for Nuclear\" has spent a lot of money on newspaper and online ads in the lead-up to the federal election, claiming that \"Nuclear energy in the mix with renewables reduces cost by 25%\". I've investigated this claim and found it to be false.\u00a0 Hopefully, this will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economics Of Solar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economics Of Solar","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/economics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A dial pointing to the right above the word 'false'","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fact-Check-false.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40134,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-nz-climate-action-mb1541\/","url_meta":{"origin":90681,"position":3},"title":"Aussies Vs. Kiwis On Climate Change Action Satisfaction","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"May 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Between Australians and New Zealanders, who are the most satisfied with their respective government's action on climate change? The Climate Catalyst is a tracking study seeking to determine how well governments around the world are meeting citizens' expectations on addressing the threat of climate change. The first polling was conducted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Climate catalyst","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/climate-catalyst.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/climate-catalyst.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/climate-catalyst.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/climate-catalyst.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/climate-catalyst.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31129,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/fracking-nuclear-adani-mb1095\/","url_meta":{"origin":90681,"position":4},"title":"Coal, Gas, Nuclear &#8211; What A Fracked Up Week In Australia","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"June 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Adani's coal mine another step closer, fracking to kick off in the NT (WA soon too?) and our energy minister hasn't shut the door on nuclear power. Thank <insert choice of deity here> it's Friday. Fossil fuel advocates will be punching the air and high-fiving each other with some recent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coal, gas and nuclear power in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/coal-fracking-nuclear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/coal-fracking-nuclear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/coal-fracking-nuclear.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/coal-fracking-nuclear.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/coal-fracking-nuclear.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54798,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-favourite-australia-mb2193\/","url_meta":{"origin":90681,"position":5},"title":"Solar Power Remains Favourite Energy Source Among Australians","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"October 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2021 Climate Of A Nation poll found the vast majority of Australians again ranked solar power among their top three preferred energy sources. As for coal, well ... Commissioned by The Australia Institute (TAI), Climate of the Nation gauges attitudes in the community on climate change and related issues;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Climate of a Nation - solar power","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/australia-solar-popularity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/australia-solar-popularity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/australia-solar-popularity.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/australia-solar-popularity.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/australia-solar-popularity.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90681"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90697,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90681\/revisions\/90697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}