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Someone needs to ask the question as to why it's nearly 50 times the cost to discharge a battery in South Australia ($6,575) than in Victoria ($135)?here are real battery prices being paid by real people. Just because some clown puts a number in am excel spreadsheet doesn't make it real, same with projections and studies. This isnt business or engineering where you cant lie. All their numbers are fraudulent.
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Definitely muppets and certainly other similarities but you got the wrong colour broIt's still over 25 years until the first one is supposed to be available commercially, but I'd be interested in seeing if a fusion reactor would suit NZ's needs then. Then again, I'd be in my early 80's then and probably not that interested.
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I didn't want to be accused of being puppetistDefinitely muppets and certainly other similarities but you got the wrong colour bro
Nope, that calculation is done nationally, it the NEM system. A TLDR is VIC battery energy is cheap because they don't them. Coal sets the price. You really need to know how electricity markets work and price setting.Someone needs to ask the question as to why it's nearly 50 times the cost to discharge a battery in South Australia ($6,575) than in Victoria ($135)?
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And why does gas generation cost 22 times as much in SA ($1,530) than in Victoria ($161)?
Maybe, it's not just the system that's wrong but how SA calculate the cost?
But, according to those screenshot, Victoria were using them, were using them at a greater capacity and paying less for the power.Nope, that calculation is done nationally, it the NEM system. A TLDR is VIC battery energy is cheap because they don't them. Coal sets the price. You really need to know how electricity markets work and price setting.
The price of the last, highest-priced offer accepted in each interval – the marginal offer – sets the market price, and dispatch volumes for each supplier are simply the aggregate of its accepted offers.
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Price Setting Concepts - an Explainer
Guest author, Allan O'Neil, contributes to our series of articles explaining how prices are set the the NEM (as part of how dispatch works). In this article, Allan explains some of the details in the AEMO's "Price Setter" file.wattclarity.com.au
Bro TBH you aren't grasping how the market works. VIC has endless coal that is always generating, it sets the price. Doesn't matter how much battery juice VIC uses, it doesn't NEED it, so you can only sell it at the price of the marginal generator.But, according to those screenshot, Victoria were using them, were using them at a greater capacity and paying less for the power.
Its the average for the bid stacks combinedFrom reading this, it's not the average SA pay every time the battery is used (otherwise the other screenshot you posted wouldn't show that they were only paying $314 MW/h). It would be more accurate to see what the average cost each time it's used because seeing one for over $6,000 is pretty misleading.
And right now, on openelectricty, its showing $299. Why the difference between that and the over $6,000? Because it's based on demand.Bro TBH you aren't grasping how the market works. VIC has endless coal that is always generating, it sets the price. Doesn't matter how much battery juice VIC uses, it doesn't NEED it, so you can only sell it at the price of the marginal generator.
Its the average for the bid stacks combined
No its not. Its based on supply.And right now, on openelectricty, its showing $299. Why the difference between that and the over $6,000? Because it's based on demand.
I didn't pick at time, it was the immediate previously 24hrs to when I posted. Lol go check the dates. This is what a capacity foctor of ~30% looks like in real life.The SA average for the battery was $230 for the last month. Picking a time when the wind generation was low, at the end of the day (when solar generation was low) meant the yesterday at 6PM, the battery usage spiked at over $6,000.... it's not the usual but was when the battery did what it was supposed to do, supplement the power generation, is misleading. In fact, the moment in time you're trying to use to show how expensive it is to get power from a battery was the worst time in the last 30 days.
And would certainly deflect or postpone any further discussion on bank profits no doubt.Well, the head of that well known bastion of communism the ANZ bank is calling for a capital gains tax in New Zealand
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‘Time has arrived’ for a capital gains tax, says ANZ boss Antonia Watson
A tax change would be "politically extremely courageous", but fair, the head of the country's largest bank says.www.rnz.co.nz
Nice try at deflection Rick. Or maybe, just maybe, when even those traditionally big business are pointing out it's grossly unfair and promoting inequality (and I'll add in enriching the already rich and let's NOT forget about those poor, poor landlords with multiple properties), maybe, just maybe we need a capital gains tax.And would certainly deflect or postpone any further discussion on bank profits no doubt.
No deflection, I'm all for CGT and pay a heap already but I find it rich, pardon the pun that the CEO of the most profitable bank in Australasia all of a sudden thinks it's a good idea. She hasn't mentioned stamp duty yet nor land tax which she's probably saving for a rainy day. Nothing said by any bank executive or bank economist passes the sniff test IMO.Nice try at deflection Rick. Or maybe, just maybe, when even those traditionally big business are pointing out it's grossly unfair and promoting inequality (and I'll add in enriching the already rich and let's NOT forget about those poor, poor landlords with multiple properties), maybe, just maybe we need a capital gains tax.
End of story.
It’s a bit curious that the CEO publicly wades into the personal tax debate with an opinionNo deflection, I'm all for CGT and pay a heap already but I find it rich, pardon the pun that the CEO of the most profitable bank in Australasia all of a sudden thinks it's a good idea.