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Re:South Australia teams with Tesla, Neoen to build world's ... by pascalo on Friday July 07, 2017 @12:01AM (#14715939)
I should qualify why: The South Australian power network, due to its increasing reliance on Wind and Solar, struggles with fluctuations in the network. The battery will aid to stabilise the grid in peak demand times.
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Re:South Australia teams with Tesla, Neoen to build world's ... by caf on Friday July 07, 2017 @11:00AM (#14718827)
This paper, in which the authors develop an argument that market structure and incentives for frequency control are driving instability, is worth a read:

http://www.escosa.sa.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/1047/20170208-I...

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Re:South Australia teams with Tesla, Neoen to build world's ... by tacticus on Friday July 07, 2017 @03:01AM (#14716634)
So what were the causes of the queensland outages with their coal?

It was transmission tower failures that took out the network for the significant outage.

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Re:South Australia teams with Tesla, Neoen to build world's ... by pascalo on Friday July 07, 2017 @07:36AM (#14717622)
The really big 2016 blackout in SA also wasn't caused by wind or solar energy, but that doesn't mean that stabilising the network isn't something that won't be required if the energy production develops more towards renewables.
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