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A near 100pct renewable grid for Australia is feasible and affordable, with just a few hours of storage (reneweconomy.com.au)

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[-] fiah@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 years ago

just a few hours of battery storage is still a huge amount of storage. Are plans being made to tie BEVs into this on a national scale? I figure that's the most effective way to get closer to this goal

[-] palitu@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago

This simulation used 24GW/120GWh (five hours at average demand) and achieved 98.8% renewable supply at a cost of $95/MWh, including the cost of additional transmission, storage and curtailment.

so they used a large number for storage. However, there is 7GW/33GWh of existing, under construction or financed BESS projects, and according to the study, 10GW/40GWh of storage will allow for 94% renewables, which is pretty bloody good.

But yeah, it would be interesting to see BEV's assisting.

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