
Will concentrated solar finally have its day in the sun?
Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Is Solar, Concentrated Solar Going to Compete With Solar?
The challenge, as we progressively turn off the coal and seek to reduce our reliance on gas is actually the longer duration piece. It's kind of like the eight to 16 hours of storage that needs to be met every day in order to keep the lights on overnight. In Australia, we're fortunate that we've got a bit of both. There are some sites where we can do pumped hydro, and there's obviously a number of those projects that are progressing. But equally, our grid and the way our solar resource works, there's also lots of opportunities to develop and deploy CSP in places that will also provide that age to 16 hours. So personal view is, I think it'll be
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