SET 2023: Without investment in RES, there will not be sufficient energy, but there is no present or near future without thermal power plants
- Taking that into account, as well as the younger generations bringing more grit, more intelligence, it would be completely logical for us today to talk about the new MW being built, and yet we have not done anything in the last 30 years. If we cultivate knowledge and expertise and if we get to know our plant facilities well, then we will be able to respond to all these tasks. This is especially important now in the energy transition when we have to implement new national energy policies and achieve the transition to technologies that do not emit carbon dioxide. We should be aware that the energy transition is inevitable, there is no "shall we or shall we not".
As he adds, by doing so, we must take into account that all energy transitions that have taken place so far - the transition from wood to coal, from coal to oil, from oil to gas, from gas to nuclear fuel, happened in parallel. All those transitions were based on convenience, that is, the availability of resources, which is very important.
- We have thermal power plants because of the availability of resources, namely coal, and the whole world has it. The first condition was the availability of resources, and the second is the degree of technological progress, and all previous transitions were the result of improvements in the degree of beneficial effects, technologies in energy, materials... and all this entailed new progress and a kind of energy transition.
As Nadarevic explains, this is the first transition that did not result solely in technical requirements, it was initiated by regulatory incentives and ultimately does not have the goal of increasing the profits of electrical companies, i.e. improving the degree of usefulness of some machinery, improving safety technology... the ultimate goal is the decarbonization of the energy system and reduction of harmful impact.
- We have to accept it. This transition was suggested by scientists and initiated by lawyers and economists, and engineers are the ones who should implement it. Because engineers are not in the foreground, and if knowledge is at a low level, then engineering results can be multiplied by zero. We must take good care of what we will do and how we will do it. If and when we reach the ultimate decarbonization goals, that means no more fossil coal-fired power plants. Whether it will happen, when and at what price, it is difficult to predict. Until it happens, someone has to cover the daily load base diagram, which is the result of consumption, and I don't see what else can do it in our conditions, except thermal power plants, because the renewable sources have fluctuating power - we know that solar does not work at all for 12 hours, afterwards it works with 20 % of capacity, then works at maximum for four hours, after which the capacity decreases. Thermal power plants will continue to work in significantly different conditions than today, and those conditions will be significantly more difficult for their work.
Nadarevic further explains that although production in thermal power plants is the most complicated process of electricity generation and requires a higher level of knowledge, expertise and precautions, there are not so many technological lines that should be combined.
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