South Australia locks in federal funds to become first grid in world to reach 100 per cent net wind and solar - eviltoast
  • Mountaineer@aussie.zoneOP
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    4 months ago

    That’s what makes this possible.

    Part of this funding is to underwrite a new interconnect with the NSW grid, to increase the SA grids ability to transfer power in and out.

    Having those interconnects means when we have a surplus or shortage of sun + wind in one location, we can transfer it from somewhere else.

    The plan even relies on the ongoing backup of gas turbines, which will be turned off 99.9% of the time, but still require maintenance etc adding cost to the grid.

    But the plan is to have enough solar + wind + storage to go 100% net green over any given year.