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Moving wind and solar through time and space

Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast

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The Importance of Variable Wind and Solar

The project can vary anywhere between you know 2 to 5 gigawatts. So again that would give you that trigger point to then go from Gladstone to Macai and then from Macai up to Townsville and then the pain was back down to Hiwenden. And Paul with the 500 kilovolt thing I just got a couple of bits about that firstly its main intention really is I suppose the pump pumped hydro but how much variable wind and solar would it enable? It's a different way of thinking about the grid you now need the grid to be able to move solar and wind through time and space rather than just focusing on how we meet peak demand with the transmission network.

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