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"The head of the Australian Energy Market Operator says he's confident that the
country’s main grid – and its smaller ones for that matter – can be run on 100
per cent renewable energy.
“At AEMO, I set an ambition in 2021 for us to understand what it takes to run a
power system on 100% renewable energy,” Westerman said in an address to the
Clean Energy Summit in Sydney on Tuesday.
“And today, we’re confident that with targeted investments in system security
assets, we can do just that. I’m incredibly proud of this, but the future is
coming at us fast and those system security investments are needed urgently.”
This is, of course, not the first time that Westerman has said this.
But it bears repeating whenever the comments are made because, too often it is
the voices of technology denial, urged on by ideologues and vested interests,
and amplified in much of mainstream media, who insist this is simply not
possible, particularly in light of the blackouts in Spain in April.
AEMO has been working on an engineering roadmap for several years to put in the
protocols to allow renewables to account for 100 per cent of electricity demand
– initially, at least, for short periods – without threatening grid security."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
