WaterNSW report: Renewable
energy and storage using WaterNSW assets - refers to
floating solar (albeit water quality concerns). Water NSW has
started a procurement process that includes proposals to
install floating solar on some of its reservoirs. This may be
part of the 2019 NSW
Energy Strategy in association with pumped
hydro.
Safe BASELOAD (i.e. continuous) "nuclear" power with no waste!
Tapping into vast reserves of heat from natural radioactive decay in granite 4km
underground -
(Apologies for broken links)
3 Jun 09 NewSci: Hot rock
power scheme could brew trouble in Eden - Nothwithstanding
the Basel incident, the risks at the surface seem very low
compared with pumping billions of barrels of oil from
underground, or concentrating radioactive material in buildings
at the surface for nuclear power.
21 Nov 09 NewSci ($): US
bets $150m on renewable energy - $9.1 million to develop a
hybrid thermal-mechanical drill system capable of quickly
cutting through ultra-hard rock formations deep underground,
potentially unlocking vast new stores of geothermal energy...
15 Dec 09 NewSci: Double
blow for 'hot rock' geothermal power - "The Department of
Energy believes that geothermal energy holds enormous potential
to heat our homes and power our economy while decreasing our
carbon pollution," [Comment: some areas are too risky to try out
this technology]
3 Apr 13 Geodynamics: 1
MWe Habanero Pilot Plant – Commencement of Commissioning -
Geodynamics Limited is pleased to report that it has reached a
key milestone in the Habanero (geothermal energy) Project,
with the commencement of commissioning activities today at the
1MWe Habanero Pilot Plant.