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by conjecTech 815 days ago
The grid was much nearer to collapse seven years ago when there were actually brownouts, and renewables have been entirely responsible for its improvement. Moving toward renewables and keeping the lights on in Australia are the same thing.
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llm_trw 815 days ago
It's amazing to hear people arguing that the highest electricty prices in the OCED are somehow a sign of a working system: https://www.leadingedgeenergy.com.au/blog/highest-electricit...

Not only does the Australian market have the highest consumer prices it also has the highest number of negative pricing events.

In short: the only reason why the grid hasn't had a brownout since 2019 is because there hasn't been a major heatwave since 2019.

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conjecTech 815 days ago
The article you linked is from 2017. 80% of Australia's solar was installed after that came out. Hard to argue that it's somehow responsible. Seems like your knowledge is a bit outdated.
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