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Faltering grid curtails, delays, stalls solar

It’s no secret that Australia’s surge in utility-scale solar and wind – some 4.4 GW commissioned in 2018-19, and a further 3.5 GW expected in 2020 – has overwhelmed sections of the grid. An array of actions and innovations spurred by a recent curtailment crisis in the West Murray region of New South Wales will help crack the code to successful energy transition in Australia and beyond.

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Natalie Filatoff

06 Apr 2020

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What really happened in the borderlands of western Victoria and New South Wales, where five solar farms have been curtailed and an estimated further 45 renewable generators are now lined up to connect to the Australian grid one at a time, in a process that could take years?The genesis of the problem lies in the …

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