Featured in The two sides of Australia's solar success – 10-2019

If not transmission … then batteries?

Australia faces a push-me-pull-you of grid constraints and an abundance of solar developments now face the prospect of curtailment and battered business models. Could the strategic placement of large-scale batteries help manage the distribution of electrons and leapfrog the slow augmentation of transmission infrastructure?

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Natalie Filatoff

21 Oct 2019

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In advance of urgently needed transmission evolution, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), various participants on the distribution side, and first-mover developers have started testing the ability of large-scale battery storage systems to manage the flow of energy from renewable generators to the grid and over to areas of demand.Call it virtual transmission, with a …

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