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Adam Morton Climate and environment editorTue 29 Jul 2025 12.26 AEST
The Australian government will substantially expand a renewable energy underwriting scheme as it aims to capitalise on the falling cost of solar panels and batteries and combat concerns it may struggle to meet its 2030 climate target...
None of this comes close to meeting Australia’s energy needs. 14GW of “storage or clean dispatchable capacity” covers half of Australia’s 35GW of peak demand. When a 35GW peak occurs during one of our wind droughts, and there is only 14GW of storage while demand shoots up to 35GW, after a few minutes the electricity will fail.
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