Tesla revealed the future of the world, and nobody noticed...

[@ericsimonson5852]

I am happy that this has been so successful. I always laugh when people say that renewables can't supply a modern civilization. The part of the US that I live in (the Pacific Northwest) has been powered by renewables for generations--starting in the 1930s with hydroelectric and within the last 30 years wind power. The only natural gas plants we have are peaker plants that are used very infrequently. The battery storage described in this video could easily replace those plants.

[@tiga2001]

Hello fellow Pacific Northwesterner. We are indeed lucky to have such an abundance of hydropower. And with solar and wind becoming mature it's only a matter of time for the rest of the world

[@billcichoke2534]

Just because you Berkeleyite invaders made magic mushrooms legal in Oregon, doesn't mean it's a good idea to post while under their influence. Those gas plants were installed because they didn't run on coal...even though they produce less kWh per plant overall than the Boardman plant did. Also, they were put in place because we discovered that running the state on ONLY the dams and windmills, DIDN'T PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER WHEN THE WIND WAS STILL AND THE WATER LEVEL TOO LOW. That's why we lost the nation's last domestic aluminum processing facility in 2003. There wasn't enough water going through the dams, so there wasn't enough power. They were told that they had to remain turned off for TWO YEARS. Between 1998 and 2006 (when pinwheels were going up and Trojan coming down), the state experienced some THREE blackouts that lasted almost a week each. Didn't happen before the windmills. Also, Idaho has had to step in to power the east side of the state, since the Boardman plant was taken offline. Since you guys on the I-5 are bound and determined to send all the gas plant power to shore up California's 'renewables' abominations, there isn't enough power left for OREGONIANS WHO PAY FOR IT. Thanks a lot. By the way, since New South Wales has put up the pinwheels, smoke and mirror solar, and Musk megacells, the neighboring state of Victoria has been tasked with sending far MORE electricity (COAL FIRED) to them, to stabilize their grid. Citizens of NSW are experiencing more problems with home electronics damage and far higher power costs, due to this 'free and cheap and reliable' generation scheme. Go to their power board websites and read the comments sections sometime. The story they're living, isn't the one Sam is spinning.

[@robertfonovic3551]

Not all countries are as blessed as the area that you live in.

[@billcichoke2534]

@@robertfonovic3551 We were better off before the greenie weenies and other lefties started wrecking everything. If you aren't suffering turd-world power grid problems under these 'renewable energy' schemes, consider yourself far MORE blessed.

[@bogususer2595]

​@@robertfonovic3551 In California, we don't have those resources either, but we do have lots of sunny days. I hope we can also make the transition to renewables.

[@crisgrant3745]

Hi Sam, great vid - facts dont lie. As a proud South Australian and solar power convert for many years (used to get 42 cents per KW back in the early days with AGL), this shows the world how small cities can do big things. Just ordered my first EV too - yes a Tesla Model 3 RWD - arrives on the next ship load through Melbourne in late March. Woohoo - the begining of clean driving for us! We will be driving it to Gosford to visit my ailing mother in Apr 23 for Easter. Yes just planned it using 'Plug Share' - straight across from Adelaide to Mildura, then through Hay to Wagga, Gundagi, and through Sydney up to Gosford on the Central coast in less than 2 days and only 6 stops. Back the same way too. Thats right - using a combination of free and cheap EV Chargers including Tesla Superchargers, NRMA free chargers and a few others to make it a safe journey. Hope Victoria can get with the program too soon. And everyone thinks Adelaide is 5 years behind Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane - well guess what folks....bszzzt. Like Sam (and Elon) say - wrong! Keep up the great work mate! PS we wish your wife well too!

[@FutureSystem738]

You will LOVE the car, 3.5 years for us with our Model 3 and couldn’t be happier.

[@socalrob26]

Hi Sam, aka Mr. Viking Hope your wife is doing better. I truly appreciate all you do for us, keeping us informed on the latest in EV News. Keep up the amazing work, and to everyone else, please show your appreciation by giving a 👍🏼 for all the free intel you are getting on Sam’s channel.

[@mikenewman4078]

The only sad thing about the Synthetic Inertia picture is that GE, Siemens ABB and other traditional players have been manufacturing Megawatt scale inverters notably for Maritime, Rail and Mining longer than Tesla has existed. All these companies had the capability to introduce synthetic Inertia to grids worldwide at scale, yet they chose not to. It took Tesla the newcomer to just get on with it. Why is this so? Well the above named 3 have sunk capital invested in heat engines ( steam and gas turbines) along with water turbines. As Sam and others say, only a new kid on the block can really disrupt.

[@evitoonbundit2453]

Inverters may not have been the bottle neck, but storage was.

[@iareid8255]

Mike, suynthetic inertia is not feasible for gigawatt 24 hour a day applications. That would be the reason they chose not to.

[@mikenewman4078]

@@iareid8255 I beg to differ. The inertia is provided by the DC link capacitors and of course some whopping great batteries on the other side of the buck / boost converter. The DC link caps provide current pulses instantly, which is good and bad, unless adequately damped. The inverters I was referring to were originally designed for GTO switches with the base frequency of around 700hz. The more modern systems all utilise IGBTs but the base frequency of those systems hasn't been changed. Inertia and "system strength" are the new "base load" talking points from the Murdoch types and unfortunately even some of the less than technically qualified enthusiasts. Inertia whether it is of the mass times velocity type or electronic is a double edged sword. Inertia without adequate active control can resist one step change until the control systems (plural) catch up. Electrical disturbances are not limited to a single step or direction. Faults like the 2016 SA black system are pretty typical. Due to politics played by Alinta the source of bulk Inertia was located in Victoria on the far end of a long feeder. Tornado conditions tore down something like 2 dozen transmission towers. Short circuit overcurrent undervoltage, frequency falls, the gas turbines try and compensate, circuit trips. Voltage and frequency rise, gas turbines and wind turbines trip, system black. The classic cascade. Trying to co-ordinate controls dancing around Inertia during a fault is a hell of a task, throttle valves, vars regulators, excitation controllers, over / under voltage relays, station transformer / feeder / bustie circuit breakers, a total nightmare that couldn't be simulated. All these items were mechanical or electro-mechanical until not long ago and the feedbacks could not be coordinated. The Mulgrave Mill steam turbine explosion comes to mind, I understand Callide C was similar but details are sketchy. I won't detail the politics in solving SA grid, one word summarises it all, Murdoch. More accurately, Murdoch was overcome by voters, but still squeals like a stuck pig wishing for 1890. In current times Inertia and "System Strength" are the media buzz words. Until recently all non-hydro renewables were politically restricted to grid follower mode. Anti-islanding has been a lovely excuse for this . Just to fill in some detail, SA connected wind farms have been forced to install 4 Syncons (in a totally non optimised manner), yet with some clever jiggery pokery 1. The number has so far been limited to 4. And 2. Coupled with the Tesla Big Battery and 250MW gas were able to maintain system stability the next time the feeder to Vic fell over. In summary distributed electronic Inertia is not just a substitute for the flywheel effect of old fashioned gensets but provides programmable, tunable damping of disturbances that mechanical systems can not even approximate. The old paradigm that generation must match consumption minutely is now finally obsolete.

[@mikenewman4078]

@@evitoonbundit2453 That is a very fair comment. It goes back to the same team who decided that it was feasible and relatively safe to connect thousands of 18650 cells normally used in laptop batteries (individually fused) and power their little Lotus based car. Without that step nothing else was happening.

[@iareid8255]

Mike, you can'r control a fault, all that can be done is to feed power in as fast as possible, (hence the age old pumped storage was developed) and trust the protection acts quickly and selctively enough to isolate the fault. Chemical batteries can also serve the same as pumped storage but generally have no where near the capcity. Renewables tend to deplet short circuit current levels impeding the effectivenes of the protection system. Generation and supply must match to keep frequency within it's limit. How can it run otherwise. You seem rather dismissive of inertia but it is only a damper on frequency, the real support comes from varying output to match load and supply. Renewables even with batteries etc cannot do this as it's afull time job. Incidentally I'm in the U.K. and not South Australia.

[@davidmorrison5974]

Well done, Sam, I love the emphatic slap down of the renewable energy critics. Keep up the good work!

[@mugpitz]

Great stuff! South Australia as a role model for the world.

[@robertfonovic3551]

SA has Australia's most expensive electricity prices around 80 percent higher than the rest of the country. As Borat would say " GREAT SUCCESS !!

[@philjklew]

@@robertfonovic3551 Old argument. SA already had one of the most expensive electricity prices before SA purchased the Tesla battery and rapid uptake of renewables. Can't just blame it on renewables.

[@jeffkennedy683]

“Stinky sweaty balls”. I love it!……only the Electric Viking can get away with saying that!

[@willm5814]

Felt like I was the only one that cared about their ‘mass balance’ approach to getting toa clean future - loved it.

[@gregbailey45]

Thanks for stating it so boldly, Sam! I've been pushing the line on social media as hard as I can and enjoy being laughed at by ning nongs.

[@al591]

im so happy to see this happening note that quebec canada is now 99.6% .renewable from hydro electricity we can declare that ev,s in quebec are pollution free

[@robertfonovic3551]

Well yippee for you. Open your reader and I will give you a smiley face stamp

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Thanks to Quebec for accelerating the transition to LFP batteries for vehicles 🙏

[@glenngilbert2632]

the 2016 statewide blackout happened on my birthday, I literally just walked in the front door of my parents house with a carton of beer when the power went out. Mum and Dad still had a landline and after a few phone calls we realized that going out for dinner like we had planned was not going to happen as the closest open restaurant would be a minimum of 5 hour drive; Mum then grabbed some frozen mince, pees and corn, shaved the mince thawing it on the BBQ, she then cooked nachos which we ate by candle light with beer listening to an mp3 player with portable speakers... one of the best birthday ever!

[@machoopichoo2]

"Stinky sweaty balls." Love the SMR level boldness. ;^) Well doe viking...like this side of you.

[@dalanscott]

Great job Sam, love your videos, you have such a relaxed demeaner, wish only the best for your wife and family. We actually got to your beautiful country 3 years ago, 12 nights in Sydney, and I can't wait to return. We have friends in Melbourne, and are planning on visiting again in a couple of years. Keep up the good work, and thanks again.

[@davidkendall2272]

Wonderful story about renewable energy journey in Australia. We need more positive stories like this. Thanks for doing this.

[@electricviking]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jamesdubben3687]

Spot on! A critical event for renewable grid

[@richard--s]

"No country comes close". Norway... came even closer to 100% ;-) But I get your idea, thanks! With wind and solar it's by far not as easy as with hydropower, but it's doable as you told us here.

[@Ryan-ff2db]

Yeah, hydropower is just about the cleanest, cheapest solution but here in the US and other western countries, Environmental concerns, real or imagined have shut down nearly all investment into new dams.

[@richard--s]

@@Ryan-ff2db to be fair, currently there is a drought in the western US... But sure, there are regions where they could build more hydropower stations with 24/7 clean electric power. ...But environmentalists are against everything, against hydropower, against wind power, against solar... Do they believe that they don't need power stations because electricity comes from the wall socket anyway? ;-)

[@Ryan-ff2db]

@@richard--s Actually, I think the drought is pretty over in California, or least on pause. We've gotten more rain this winter then I can remember in my lifetime and I'm not young and the forecast is for another 2 weeks of rain at least. Regardless, dams actually help as reservoirs during periods of drought so more would help. Unfortunately they're tearing them down rather than building them for whatever environmental cause they think of next. Don't get me wrong I'm not against environmentalism but I've been on job sites that will have a state employed environmental specialist making 100k a year and all they do is look for a single specific lizard (actually what they do is sit a car reading a book and get out twice a day to look around). That's just insanity to me and a waste of money.

[@hanswitvliet8188]

Hydro, tidal, and wave are more constant and reliable, but require vast amount of investment.

[@Ryan-ff2db]

@@hanswitvliet8188 Yeah, well really we need a mix of everything right now. The good thing about Hydro is even though it has a big upfront cost dams will last for 100's of years or even longer. They also serve as the biggest power storage systems we have even more than batteries. They're also dual purpose for energy generation and water delivery. Of course fusion would solve a lot of problems but I'm pretty sure they won't figure that out until after I'm dead and I'm not planning on dying for a few decades, I hope.

[@richiehart7858]

According to a Macrotrends page the Adelaide metropolitan area is about 1.4 million in 2023. Big city to be virtually all renewables.

[@markbyerlee]

Thanks Sam for this report. I am a South Australian that can confirm that our grid has stabilized since the battery installation. However there is one HUGE PROBLEM that does not make any sense and that is we have the MOST EXPENSIVE price in Australia averaging JUST OVER 36 cents per kWr. Furthermore we dont have any coal fired power stations anymore.

[@hillwalker8741]

same in the US - once they jack the price up they won't let it down for any reason

[@davidinkster1296]

When you have over half the state experiencing low to zero power bills due to their rooftop solar, the power supply company has to jack up the charges to the remainder to make a profit. It is an unstable situation based on a outdated business model, and will probably be revised once the existing suppliers go bankrupt.

[@HughButler35]

The cost of electricity is 50% transmission and distribution (local). So reduction of wholesale price by 4x to 5c is still offset by peak gas of 20c/kWh. Only way is to cut the wires. Move from corporate to individual ownership.

[@jdcarguy1242]

Love the cheeky delivery!

[@davidfellowes1628]

Brilliant, this is so applicable to the rapid change underway.

[@8ettieP46e]

weather in AU is a tad bit more sunny than were I am... but yeah I do see batteries playing more of an important role in energy management. now that power companies do variable rates... it would be best to charge and store your power at low rates and go off grid and use battery during high rate period.

[@robertfonovic3551]

Hate to rain on your parade but....a Tesla battery and solar in Australia costs around 25k. Average Australian annual household electricity cost is 1600 dollars per annum. The break even cost is therefore around 15 years. The battery component of this cost has a warranty of only 10 years. The battery may last longer but with reduced efficiency . Makes no financial sense to me atm.

[@timwhite8500]

@@robertfonovic3551 I don’t know anyone in a normal household situation only paying that amount per year. It’s far higher, and going to be about 20% higher very soon.

[@Beatles4Sale.]

Think your country will go faster than that…as you’ve said in the past, exponential growth. Australia show us the way! Go Aussies! ❤️❤️❤️

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Australian Rules! Oops. Not THOSE Rules…😂

[@socalrob26]

OMG, Sweaty Ball!!! Tell it like it is Love the Honesty

[@surferdude4487]

Solar PV and wind are great sources of energy but they do NOT work without battery storage. The people making the laws in Australia missed that important detail. Everything needed to make the Hornsdale power reserve work was already there. The battery created the stability to make it all work.

[@awabooks9886]

Incredible reporting, Sam! You never cease to amaze me 😎

[@robertfonovic3551]

Well then you must be the type of person that is easily amazed. Get out more often find some friends etc

[@awabooks9886]

@@robertfonovic3551 Lol, just got back from swimming a mile with my granddaughter's swim team. Try to keep up 🥸

[@elainebradley8213]

We loved it too!

[@johnmoon2734]

This is GREAT, Sam, thank you! ☀️

[@philflip1963]

Well done for publicising this very important yet under publicised aspect of Tesla's grand and visionary project.

[@wendyannedarling7365]

Love this video, it just fills me with the joy of knowing things can only get better. One day the world will think back and realise what Tesla has achieved. See you in Farnborough, Viking!

[@wendyannedarling7365]

PS: Sweaty balls... Instant hysterical meltdown! 🤣

[@johnnymonsters9717]

The sad part is we all share the same math So where are they getting their math from?

[@icosthop9998]

LoL

[@robertfonovic3551]

Never ask a difficult question on a circle jerk site.

[@adoreslaurel]

If better types of batteries are developed, and if they are in a fixed situation then weight does not matter, neither does any extra real estate to accomodate them. This is a totally different situation to the needs of the motor vehicle wherre weight is a big factor.

[@peteinwisconsin2496]

I am sure that soon we will "mine out" the Tesla battery banks in Oz. and replace them with cheaper batteries (Sodium-ion or Sodium-Sulfur) that make more economic sense for stationary applications.

[@tedmoss]

You talk about the stabilization as if it is equal to a generator, as a former grid operator, I can say that is is better than a generator because it works in both directions, keeping the frequency up from both loss of other generation and keeping it down from loss of load. Reaction time must be at least an order of magnitude better. In regard to the naysayers, when I was operating the grid, the higher-ups discounted the ability to stabilize the grid, not understanding the value of hydro to ramp up very fast from condensing mode (except the company that owned the hydro that is). At that time we were only playing with about 300 MW for a small amount of time before you would run out of water on a 10,000 MW load system (now over 15,000MW peak). I only own one Tesla model Y right now but hope to get a Cyber Truck next year. I have 4 kW solar on the roof but might need to get more in the future.

[@ub59]

South Australia's accomplishment in renewables is remarkable. It seemed so easy, especially after over 30 years of world wide fossil-funded denial, doubt and delay on climate science and action. I would really like to see Tesla get some decent competition in the grid-scale storage field. They had to change their lithium NMC battery chemistry out of necessity due to cost, excessive heat and reliability over dendrite issues causing fires. Today there are other battery formulations that avoid lithium altogether. The E Viking mentioned one developed in China that uses primarily sodium. Form Energy (iron air) and Ambri (liquid metal) are a couple of companies that are poised to enter the fray. Ambri also created Boston Metals, a company out of MIT that provers zero emission electrolysis can be used to make steel.

[@fireofenergy]

That's just awesome, coming from a California old guy where solar gets up there, too (but not continuously powered that much for months on end - yet. Only Tesla style industrialism can replace the fossil fuels!

[@robertfonovic3551]

All hail Electric JESUS saviour of the planet!! FFS!

[@seannorthrop1009]

Well done Viking!

[@richardhasler6718]

Hey Sam, great video. How about an interview with Scott Morrison, if you can find him?

[@domlarry]

South Australia 👍 south Australia great top vid 👌

[@ISuperTed]

It’s just like the plot of Don’t Look Up!

[@icosthop9998]

Australia and California are perfect conditions for this.

[@lesbendo6363]

I was born in Adelaide! 🇨🇦

[@robertfonovic3551]

City of churches and axe murderers. Lol. As the saying goes.

[@humunu]

Good man! Thx!

[@ersinc9080]

Our power here in Indiana is about half ($0.12) of what it costs in South Australia It is good that the reliability has improved but the cost is much higher.

[@robertfonovic3551]

SA has Australia's highest electricity prices by ONLY 80 percent. I wouldn't call that a win.

[@maxflight777]

We only pay €0.159 (exc tax) here in Portugal

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Reliability is a HUGE advantage- EVerywhere…

[@hawklord100]

A great highlight, home powerwalls and intelligent software pays for itself in savings and income in a matter of years, that is the bottom line while balancing the local electrical network for everyone else, brilliant Tesla!

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Solar doubters ignite facts: in Summer, Vancouver grid more direct sunlight than Miami. Yes, Florida!❤

[@kevinpob]

Sweaty Balls 😂

[@danielcurtis4179]

One theory on diess firing was the software problems VW's are having. Another is that he wanted to reduce size of workforce. It wasn't just EVs but an EV platform that needed less workers.

[@KSpaceyRules]

Norway 98%

[@machoopichoo2]

Math problem...bullocks...it's like MB saying the semi is not possible, "according to physics."

[@gigga8948]

P.s UK and Norway share power across the sea North Sea Link. Many other countries could do this with renewable power. Making it more viable to countries with less sun. Electrification of everything is the go. Save our children and their children's health. Ramp it up. If money wasn't one of the main barriers it could happen real fast.

[@robertfonovic3551]

Who is going to pay for cable? Do you really believe that it's going to donated? Do you not understand how businesses run? Investors expect a return. You know, like a profit.

[@gigga8948]

I didn't lay the cable. Ask UK and Norway. It's not impossible. Many countries subsidise coal and gas for power . They waste huge amounts of these fuels when making power that is partly used. Just stick our head in the ground and pretend that the carcinogenic poisons from diesel , coal gas, gasolinse are not being breathed in causing millions of deaths worldwide. Doing nothing armed with the information we have now would be reckless and selfish.

[@Mixos_place]

how long does the battery last when the power goes out in SA? Cannot seem to find anything out on this.

[@stevemurray2003]

From the Hornsdale Power Reserve website the SA "big battery" could theoretically supply 150MW for about ninety minutes max, after which it would be dead flat. However that's not it's purpose. The huge SA battery is used specifically to smooth out momentary fluctuations in supply and demand. In comparison, a typical fossil fuel power station would generate 1,250MW 24/7. Happy to be corrected if my figures are wrong.

[@michaeldawson6309]

For sure you will get opposition to this new idea which is proven to work well. Opposition will be from anyone invested in legacy energy. Just the same as EV's get opposition from the ICE industry and anyone invested in that too. What is happening is a transition and for some it will be painful and they will resist the change even if it means corrupting the politicians which we have seen in the past is quite easy.

[@jckelley10]

I love this news! Thank you Sam!

[@russellmoore1533]

I tried getting tickets to Fully Charged (Sydney) last week and the site claimed tickets were sold out...

[@brandonlee93]

“Stinky, sweaty balls” 😂 I say that all the time. 😂

[@michaelrussell6661]

For a whole 11 days SA was powered be renewable energy. The 1st time that has happened any where on EARTH. The Battery is 10 times quicker at stabilising the grid than a coal powered power station as well, measured in a mere few micro seconds.

[@jimscott2936]

But why are South Australias electricity costs still so high??

[@jandemckay]

Apparently it’s in distribution costs not in production!

[@evitoonbundit2453]

Frequency support is a relatively small part of total energy requirement given that it only replaces an idling plant required for fast response highly intermittent support. Seba/RethinX requires a few orders of magnitude more of storage. That's that 240TWh Tesla investor day seems to be aiming for. Still waiting for that White Paper Tesla is set to publish. In the Netherlands all those billions over decades have resulted in now still only between 5 to 10% renewables. Australia is a good place to start given very low population density, lots of sun and not that much of heavy industry.

[@vancity2349]

Amazing thanks for sharing

[@grahambrice7310]

While I am pro renewables, the balance of the story about South Australia needs to be told. To quote Electricity Monster- "It’s not surprising to see that South Australians by far have the highest average electricity kilowatt-hour (kWh) rates across all the states. In fact, South Australians have some of the most expensive electricity in the world! "

[@lgrantnelson2863]

If it can be done in a home it can be done on a larger scale. It's just more complicated, however at one location one of the units caught fire. New technology will improve the stability of the systems. On the other hand areas that don't have a lot of sun and wind will be harder to sell that to. However it can be connected to the grid as a backup source no matter the source of the power. In the western US there is a fair amount of hydroelectric if the reservoirs don't dry up. Seems everything has its own set of drawbacks. Why not do what works for each circumstance instead of saying what works here will work everywhere. One size does not fit all.

[@larryl.1086]

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT DO YOU USE FOR ELECTRICITY IN AREAS LIKE ALASKA WHEN THERE IS NO SUNLIGHT FOR MONTHS IN THE WINTER

[@TheEvilmooseofdoom]

@@midnightoil22 I was gonna say, wind would be the source of power for Alaska.

[@alancobbin]

Wow,this is just unbelievable,👍😉💪

[@MarkSpohr]

Incredible story

[@worstusername22]

Lars i believe made a comment stating Australia was the "future" of society, based on their energy projects

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Sam, cool intro👍🏻

[@simonpannett8810]

I think Sodium is a better material for the mass scale of Mega Packs that have huge Global demand??

[@troyswan7123]

Sodium for grid storage is a genius idea

[@Dupont550]

Do Your Research!! 😉

[@biofueler]

i am snowed in for a week now & Still its snowing again. cant get out. while are summering,. its not fair.

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Leave Mars!😂

[@hanszecevic9128]

Congratulations SA

[@Evphonehome]

Future is renewables but the real killer argument or case would be a Northern European country or city doing this, where there isn’t as much solar potential.

[@N0rdman]

Hello Electric Viking, I hope your wife is getting better. I would like some specifics, how many days/hours of wind per period, amount of sunlight Vs shady days and the cost per kWh as there are places like northern Europe that only gets a few hours of sunlight each day, sometimes none during November to February or wind often dies entirely. There is a break even and cut off were the size of the battery pack in just to prohibitive.

[@markbloxham1313]

Tony Seba has shown that it works anywhere but the ratios between wind, solar and battery have to change to achieve it.

[@N0rdman]

@@markbloxham1313 as an engineer who has built wind farms I beg to differ, it's far less uniform than you think.

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Germany relies on solar power. Check out the latitude.

[@N0rdman]

@@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck No, they rely on reliable cheap nuclear power from Sweden and France; that is why they are begging Sweden to put down even more cables, but that would mean Sweden would import the insane electrical prices from Germany so Sweden declined. We can't rely on pipe dreams, we need nuclear. Solar and wind isn't reliable 24/7.

[@Myrslokstok]

How many big batteries is needed for 1.000.000 city.

[@tomwaller6893]

Independent Scotland will repeat South Australia's success. Thank you, TESLA. For Sunshine, we will use tidal power.

[@RedBatteryHead]

Awesome development.

[@williamread8186]

California should do this. Someone said that during peak renewable power generation this state is paying other states to take the excess electricity. This is insane but not surprising given the politics here. They should take this excess money they are giving away to other states and buy storage batteries instead and set these stations like this.

[@ssing7113]

“Stinky sweaty 🏀 🏀 “. 😂😂

[@gervaised]

The are a few hurdles to jump still, but this is almost completely a matter of political will rather than a technological issue.

[@christofferferland6593]

Preach brother!!!

[@columlynch4229]

What is even more amazing well be when everyone will be driving EV'S that have vehicle to grid capability. A virtual power station on wheels.

[@martinbeaumier7172]

Everyone seems to have missed the point of master plan 3 no media is talking about it i can’t even find an article talking about it in details! It crazy! The plan is awesome and makes complete sense

[@PapaPiggie]

Love it!

[@machoopichoo2]

"Big banana"...what an A-hole. Amazing to see how well S.A. is doing. A lesson for Texas, who are the biggest US wind generator...just need more battery backup.

[@markumbers5362]

Sam, did you know that if you own 2 EVs and power them exclusively from your roof top solar (RTS), a 6.5/5 kw system can pay itself off in one year. That's because replacing gasoline with solar saves 4 times more money than replacing the cost of grid electricity with RTS. Hardly anyone has picked up on this and it is worth telling people about. Anyway, hope to shake you hand at Fully Charged and wishing your wife a very healthy and happy outcome. Thanks for all you do.

[@jebes909090]

Except you cant do that

[@pepelegal333]

Thanks for the video. The fossil fuel industry sould invest less in sowing confusion among the least educated of us, and invest more in clean energy. Most of them are already are doing that, thank God.

[@RWBHere]

You'll never win over all of the naysayers, Sam. Some of them are stuck in a Groundhog Day loop. 😉

[@kennethmoerscher6680]

Love it

[@petersimms4982]

Australia, a living power station 😊

[@petterbirgersson4489]

This should be a blue print, not least for how big parts of Africa should electrify.

[@LamarreAlexandre]

I truly believe that it will work out for places like Australia, California or Morocco that are blessed with sunlight and wind. I'm no so sure for places like Germany. That being said, I see a great potential for Africa or India.

[@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck]

Germany started switching to solar a decade ago…❤

[@cicero5451]

I hope your family is doing 👍k.

[@ken-mb5cp]

Solar is the way to go. Basically free energy.

[@nicynu6202]

it's so free that SA has almost the most expensive electricity in Australia. While Solar, Wind and big batteries are great it still requires a huge investment that the consumers will be paying for. It will be interesting to see when/if SA's electricity price drops to the cheapest in the country. I think it will be a long time.

[@glennmartin6492]

How soon before the batteries are swapped out for non-lithium ones to save the lithium for portable uses?

[@AdlerMow]

By the end of the year BYD, CATL, Reliance Industries and Natron Energy will be mass producing sodium batteries, so about 2024-25 we will see that.

[@petersimms4982]

Solars soooooo cheap now ,we should be tiling our roofs in it instead of cement tiles, why do both when solar can do both😊

[@ParasiteZappers]

Are they using IGBT's in that bad boy ? Its basically a gigawatt pure sine wave power inverter with AI for brains I would imagine. And what is the megawatts per volume of battery pack space ?

[@YourFrienjamin]

"Your maths sucks. It sucks stinky, sweaty balls" - Electric Viking

[@amyniemann9564]

Question: Do Australians like Americans? Seems like such a lovely country. Praying for your family Sam.

[@stevenqirkle]

Australians use “seppo” as slang for Americans. It’s short for “septic tank”. Whether Australians like Americans is a complicated question, but in general I would say they don’t have a ton of respect for Americans.

[@amyniemann9564]

@@stevenqirkle as an American I love Australians and your reply is disheartening. I wish we could all get along. Thank you for your honesty

[@stevenqirkle]

@@amyniemann9564 I’m American too, this is just my impression from speaking with Australian friends and coworkers.

[@markuss3735]

I noticed. Just like you did.

[@glennthomas7435]

Hey Vike, there are people out there that believe the Earth is Flat! You'll never get the the Morons to stop emailing you are wrong!

[@MG-gg9dh]

Like, just for the title at least

[@Quietly-David]

You need the Best Power Source that's going to be available, till we die. Here, Comes the Sun. And, when it's cloudy they will try to blow you Away, but, You have Windmill's,Too. Batteries, ties it all TOGETHER. Software, is it Brain. I hope he follows his Leader 🙂