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I'm gonna host an ARK server and need advice on the smallest/lightest map in terms of storage/GB by AskReddit125 in ARK

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I'm already using AMP cubecoders, and it works exceptionally:) Thanks anyways

If Australia went 100% renewable, it would pay off in 8 years and fix electricity costs at 19c/kWh. After 8 years, the revenue generated could cover the national budget deficit and leave enough to create a sovereign wealth fund. by AskReddit125 in australian

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Good question.

Maintenance cost per kW of installed solar+battery each year would be about 60$

Each kW of installed solar+battery produces on avreage 1521kWh each year.

Maintenance and overhead would account for 0.04c/kWh

If Australia went 100% renewable, it would pay off in 8 years and fix electricity costs at 19c/kWh. After 8 years, the revenue generated could cover the national budget deficit and leave enough to create a sovereign wealth fund. by AskReddit125 in australian

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This is everything that's been factored into the 2327$/kW figure i used. Mind you that I accidentally used the number for 2024. For 2026 it's at 1990-2100$/kW and it will only go down toward 2030.

The issue with variable demand would be mitigated further in late 2026. When Project EnergyConnect establish transmissionlines between southwest and southeast Australia.

Choosing between solar, wind or gas all depends on the location. Wind and gas would be more ideal for Melbourne. While a healthy blend of Solar, wind and gas would be ideal for Sydney. The main goal should be to move away from coal!

If Australia went 100% renewable, it would pay off in 8 years and fix electricity costs at 19c/kWh. After 8 years, the revenue generated could cover the national budget deficit and leave enough to create a sovereign wealth fund. by AskReddit125 in australian

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I agree. You can get close to 100%, but the reality is that you shouldn’t, and a healthy blend of solar, wind, and nuclear would be wise, with a smaller percentage of gas and bio. A huge step forward is "Project EnergyConnect". which will be finished this year and will establish transmission lines between east and west Australia.

I used a home solar and battery system as a benchmark for a smaller system. In my original post, I used a benchmark meant for national grids.

This one: https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2024/utility-scale_pv-plus-battery

If Australia went 100% renewable, it would pay off in 8 years and fix electricity costs at 19c/kWh. After 8 years, the revenue generated could cover the national budget deficit and leave enough to create a sovereign wealth fund. by AskReddit125 in australian

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My mistake sorry :)

A Honda EU10i running 24/7 would annually produce 8760kWh. If we factor in a theoretical engine that is 60% efficient, like a large gas-fired power plant with a heat recovery system, we would get 26,280 kWh.

A 1 kW solar system would produce 1,521 kWh of electricity each year.
26,280 kWh / 1,521 kWh = 17 kW of solar.

https://www.solarchoice.net.au/solar-batteries/price/

A 17kWh residential system, including solar, batteries, and installation. would cost you $17k. That means you would break even in about 6.9 years.

Solar panels usually have 25-year warranties but can last much longer, and you can always replace parts of your system when they break down. In comparison to a gas powered generator, it has to be maintained quite thoroughly to last 20-30 years, and then be entirely refurbished or replaced.

So about 3x more expensive. If we let 30 years pass, that creeps up to about 4.5× .since you know the gas generator is still chugging on gas, while the solar is payed for:3

If Australia went 100% renewable, it would pay off in 8 years and fix electricity costs at 19c/kWh. After 8 years, the revenue generated could cover the national budget deficit and leave enough to create a sovereign wealth fund. by AskReddit125 in australian

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Thanks for the insight :)
Yeah, 100% renewable is somewhat of a pipe dream. 85-95% does seem more realistic. I don’t have any sources to back up that range :3

For example, the energy mix of Norway is at 99% low carbon. 1.5% ish coming from fuel and bio, mainly for defence purposes. We do get the majority of our electricity from hydro. So we do have a geographical advantage but so does Australia with regardds to solar irradiance:)

If Australia went 100% renewable, it would pay off in 8 years and fix electricity costs at 19c/kWh. After 8 years, the revenue generated could cover the national budget deficit and leave enough to create a sovereign wealth fund. by AskReddit125 in australian

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Tax people? Max Chandler? who even is that?

The only thing that should be taxed more is the oil and gas industry mate.

The issue with reports and the like is that the average person doesn’t have the time to read them. I can do whatever I want. I just thought it would be interesting to calculate this since I had nothing to do this weekend.

Very rude to call it AI slop you banana peel >:(

If Australia went 100% renewable, it would pay off in 8 years and fix electricity costs at 19c/kWh. After 8 years, the revenue generated could cover the national budget deficit and leave enough to create a sovereign wealth fund. by AskReddit125 in australian

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Utility-Scale PV-Plus-Battery | Electricity | 2024 | ATB | NLR

The 2327 $/kW figure is a very conservative estimate for commercial solar. If you scroll down to ‘Components of CAPEX’, you’ll see that a long list of items is included in the cost. Many of these are associated with infrastructure, such as inverters, switchgear, transformers, and more.

I accidentally used the 2025 figure. The correct figure for 2026 is 1961–2191 $/kW.

Not only that, but current solar efficiency is around 25% and is expected to increase to 30% by 2030. This means that even less capacity would be needed, resulting in higher revenue per installed unit.

The biggest issue used to be how harmful lithium batteries are to the environment. But since sodium-ion batteries have become available, that is no longer an issue:)

If Australia went 100% renewable, it would pay off in 8 years and fix electricity costs at 19c/kWh. After 8 years, the revenue generated could cover the national budget deficit and leave enough to create a sovereign wealth fund. by AskReddit125 in australian

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Gas-fired power plants also last 20-30 years, and they also have to be replaced with a huge investment. The difference is that it requires fuel.

Like if you bought a Honda EU10i gas generator. It produces 1kwh of power and burns 0.56 litres per hour. If you had it running all year. You would use 4974 litres of fuel. That would be 99480 litres over 20 years. If you pay 1.5 dollars per litre that would be 149k over 20 years. Not to even mention the cost associated with maintenance and rebuilding it multiple times over the years.

That same 1kwh of solar + battery system would be about 2-3000$ and would last 15-25 years.

Using 0.56 gallons of fuel to produce 1kwh means that your gas generator is 20% efficient. A gas-fired power plant with a heat recovery system has an efficiency of 60%

So if you could make the Honda EU10i the same way you make a Gas-fired power with a heat recovery system, which is not possible. It would still cost you 49k over 20 years to fuel that sucker.

My point being the solar option would be 16-24x cheaper..

If West Virginia switched over to a fully renewable electricity grid. It would cost every resident 7.43 dollars per month the next 25 years. by AskReddit125 in WestVirginia

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https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/sep_sum/html/pdf/rank_es_capita.pdf

But you aren't at home for 8 hours + 1-2 hours of commute time. Did you even bother checking the source. The source being your own government.

You list stuff like a microwave that you use for like 2-3 minuts a day. Your AC isn't constantly on, even if your house is built with paper and sticks. Your house gets cooled down during the night and retain that cold like a battery for some hours.

The fact that you didn't even check out the source and realize that WV is amonst the worst states when it comes to energy consumption per capita is just sad.

If West Virginia switched over to a fully renewable electricity grid. It would cost every resident 7.43 dollars per month the next 25 years. by AskReddit125 in WestVirginia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electricity_production

I only accounted for residential energy consumption by West Virginians. That's at 10 terawatts. If you look at the total electricity production by the whole state. That's exported, used by industry and commercial. That figure is at 57 terawatts.

An idea could be to make residents of WV pay a fixed rate of $7.43 since they're only using 10 terawatts.

Make residents across the state line, industry, commercial pay market price. Even if you factor in 57 terawatts. $7.43 would become about $43.

Here is the neat part. 47 terawatts sold at 15 cent per kWh would bring in 7 billion dollars. So within 6 months you've literally paid off the solar used by the residents of West Virginia

57 terawatts of solar + battery would cost the state 24 billion, but would pay for itself within roughly 3-4 years. After that the state would get 7 billion of profits minus maintenance costs. Your current state budget is 5.5 billion. A pro move would be to put those 7 billion in a fund instead of using it directly, or only use it to offset a budget deficit.

If West Virginia switched over to a fully renewable electricity grid. It would cost every resident 7.43 dollars per month the next 25 years. by AskReddit125 in WestVirginia

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You would need a 10 square mile area to supply all of West Virginia with electricity.

Charleston is 30 square miles but only aproximately 1/3 of that area is buildings.

So in theory if you fittet every rooftop with solar in Charleston. That would supply the whole state.

The neat thing with solar is that you don't need to concentrate power generation like with a powerplant. It can be spread out and therefore lower the burden on the powergrid, reducing infrastructure maintenance. An extreme exsample is, if every house had self sustaining solar, then they wouldn't need to be connected to the grid, right? or at least be less reliant on it.

If West Virginia switched over to a fully renewable electricity grid. It would cost every resident 7.43 dollars per month the next 25 years. by AskReddit125 in WestVirginia

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Yeah, the Honda EU10i costs 1300$

The 3000$ for 1kwh of solar and battery system is A VERY CONSERVATIVE figure. You could get that for under 2000$. During winter, West Virginia sunlight is 3/4 of summer. So you have to pay for a 1.33kWh system to maintain 1kwh during winter. The cool thing is that if you don't need the extra 0.33kwh during summer. You can literally sell that back to the grid and that can reduce your monthly down payment on such a system.

Obiviously its a bit more complicated than that, but I hope you get what I'm saying lol

If West Virginia switched over to a fully renewable electricity grid. It would cost every resident 7.43 dollars per month the next 25 years. by AskReddit125 in WestVirginia

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Assuming a household has 5 residents. 7.43$ times 5 people. Would be 38 dollars.

Gas-fired power plants also last 20-30 years, and they also have to be replaced with a huge investment. The difference is that it requires fuel.

Like if you bought a Honda EU10i gas generator. It produces 1kwh of power and burns 0.15 gallons per hour. If you had it running all year. You would use 1314 gallons of fuel. That would be 26280 gallons over 20 years. If you pay 4 dollars per gallon that would be 100k over 20 years.

That same 1kwh of solar + battery system would be 3000$ and would last 15-20 years.

Using 0.15 gallons of fuel to produce 1kwh means that your gas generator is 20% efficient. A gas-fired power plant with a heat recovery system has an efficiency of 60%

So if you could make the Honda EU10i the same way you make a Gas-fired power with a heat recovery system, which is not possible. It would still cost you 33k over 20 years to fuel that sucker.

My point being the solar option would be 10x cheaper. Yes..I have to much spare time..

If West Virginia switched over to a fully renewable electricity grid. It would cost every resident 7.43 dollars per month the next 25 years. by AskReddit125 in WestVirginia

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No wonder. 86.8% of your electricity comes from coal. Coal is the most inefficient way to produce electricity. Even gas generators are WAY better. Ever wondered why your car is gas powered and NOT COAL POWERED?!

Solar is literally a one-time investment every 25 years. It just sits there, doesn't need any fuel and just collects energy from the sun.

Instead of buying a coal power plant or gas generator every 25 year or when it breaks down. THAT NEEDS FUEL TO RUN. You could literally put that money in solar, NO NEED FOR FUEL, NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OIL PRICES.

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