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"The latest multi-decade blueprint for Australia’s main electricity grid was
released last week, and will be the subject of intense debate for months to
come – at least until the draft of the 2028 version is released at the end of
next year.
The
2026 Integrated System Plan prepared by the Australian Energy Market
Operator is based on the least cost pathway to replace the country’s ageing
coal fleet, with the current energy and climate policies of federal and state
governments top of mind.
The headline number is that it will need another 117 gigawatts of large scale
wind and solar to be built over the next couple of decades, along with 87 GW of
distributed solar (mostly on rooftops) and 64 GW of storage.
But what if the overriding target was to align Australia’s efforts to a target
consistent with the 1.5°C scenario that was the basis of the Paris climate
agreeement signed in 2015, rather than current policies.
That requires a completely different focus on what’s needed, and a vast
acceleration in the rollout of new technologies, in particular large scale
solar and battery storage.
Households will also play a critical role in providing the capacity needed to
meet Australia’s fair share in global efforts for a safe climate."
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
