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What do you mean Tasmania’s hydro is used as a big battery? My understanding is it barely provides enough electricity for the state, and the interconnect is us
by onethought 5y ago
What do you mean Tasmania’s hydro is used as a big battery?
My understanding is it barely provides enough electricity for the state, and the interconnect is used to consume power from Victoria 99% of the time
- toomuchtodo 5y agohttps://opennem.org.au/energy/tas1/?range=all&interval=1M https://opennem.org.au/energy/tas1/?range=all&interval=1M Hover over exports on the right hand side. There are imports from VIC occasionally, but Tas Hydro's plan is to build pumped hydro infra [1], as well as an additional interconnector to South Australia [2] which has robust renewables resources. [1] https://www.hydro.com.au/clean-energy/battery-of-the-nation/battery-of-the-nation-FAQs https://www.hydro.com.au/clean-energy/battery-of-the-nation/... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinus_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinus_Link
- onethought 5y agoExports are listed as -10%. Im super confused though.
- jbsimpson 5y agoDepending on the season Tasmania exports a lot of electricity to the mainland.