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To be nitpicky: you don't have to multiply by 1100 since Australia has two power networks that are not connected - one for Western Australia, one for the rest
by a_bonobo 7y ago
To be nitpicky: you don't have to multiply by 1100 since Australia has two power networks that are not connected - one for Western Australia, one for the rest
- fghorow 7y agoAnd you are going to connect those two networks precisely how? The point in the article is that WA's grid is isolated from the Eastern States' grid. If there was any hope of "following the sun" (or indeed the wind) to leverage the geographic diversity that is Oz' one true strength, those networks would need to be interconnected.
- newnewpdro 7y agoIt's not like they're on opposite sides of the planet. Sounds like a case of perfect being the enemy of good enough. Split the energy storage capacity across the two and get on with it.
- fghorow 7y agoThese are resource problems. Economics is essentially everything. However, I agree that storage in both grids is a good way to go. The Eastern States have that already -- recently most visible in the Tesla battery project in SA, but also in pumped hydro in the Snowys. WA, not so much...