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Hugh McKellar

@maddogeco.bsky.social

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Working in renewables energy, dreaming about TT bikes.

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Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 9h

Who is jaecoo? Are linked to any other brands?

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 9h

South Australia look even better that day. They basically turned off all the solar farms and let the rooftops and wind farms run the show

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 10h

Does this help

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 2d

Once you approve the quote I bet the Aussie job will be install and operational in 1/4 the time as well.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 2d

Baseload = inflexible, either technically or financially or both.
The sooner it’s gone the better.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 2d

Cape Byron light house?

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 2d

Has no maintenance plan.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 4d

That buys a lot of brand new wind turbines with fresh warranty periods.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 4d

It’s clear that being minister for the environment doesn’t mean you have to be for the environment

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 4d

Looks expressive, where will they get the spare parts from?

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 6d

We all should apply for ice office jobs. Step one send one team to a site. Step 2 send a second team to the same spot but tell them there is a group of men pretending to be ice. Step 3 sit back and watch the mayhem.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t they do basic crop rotation?

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 6d

Makes sense there is a much higher chance of curtailing in the daytime than nighttime.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 7d

I’m imagining a tropical fish band playing jazz, fin slapping an upright bass guitar

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 7d

Why does the simulation prefer to charge the storage on solar rather than the first available renewable source (nighttime wind when in surplus)

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 8d

Aus could hit those forecasts numbers this year

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 9d

I was looking at % not GWh. Less than 400GWh increase

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 9d

The test for me is can fit a bike in the boot with the wheels off?

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 9d

Just looked at open electricity: both brown and black coal totals for 23, 24 and 2025 q3 are all slightly down. What am I missing?

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 9d

I saw a sea lion 7 today. A bit lower and longer than it looks in the pictures. Certainly smaller than the sea lion 6 on the outside at least.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 10d

*has NOT slowed them down

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 10d

My state (NSW, Australia) law says edge protection must be used. That’s have slowed them down. Today At midday the state is 57% rooftop solar powered plus another 23% utility scale solar. Add in wind sand we’re at 90% renewables, that may be a record high.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 10d

Australia’s federal government announced a 30% discount on Home batteries back in July. Many people are getting solar for the first time or expanding their existing system. When they get the battery installed I heard on Friday that the current install rate is about 1000 batteries per day.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, particularly at the more extreme northern and southern latitudes.

Hugh McKellar @maddogeco.bsky.social · 10d

True, I’m surprised by how long it took California to get there. For reference Australia is 4.5 years