I have been trying to understand how this (Woolooga to Borumba Dam project) will produce cheaper electricity when measured against the initial cost.
The solar eyesore at Woolooga produces electricity so that the water at Borumba Dam can be pumped from the catchment dam to the head dam.
During the night this water then flows through hydro-electric generators to produce electricity, which is distributed through the grid.
And so on into perpetuity.
This sounds a lot like a perpetual motion theory.
We know that is not feasible.
What happens when there is an overcast day and the solar eyesore does not generate any power, how do the Hydro Generators work then?
Only the other day some of the school flashing safety lights were not working because the solar batteries had not be recharged due to the overcast conditions.
I realise there would be spare water in the head dam to operate for a few days without solar input, but for how long can this continue?
Without water in the head dam the hydro generators cannot operate.
Then there is the initial cost of construction to be factored into the costs, this money must be recovered, the taxpayer fund of money is not bottomless. Spreading this cost over everyone’s power bill must be considered an increase in power costs.
So my question is ‘How will this fantasy reduce my power bill?’
Also are the green environmentalists prepared to accept the visual pollution created by these massive solar monstrosities?
– L. Pethick
Gympie
