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Re:The rise of solar is ‘jeopardising the grid’ and it's a l... by toomuchtodo on Sunday December 01, 2019 @07:48PM (#21678981)
Really depends on the path an East-West line takes, cost per mile (edit: kilometer), existing generation fuel costs, possible future generation locations, etc.

It’s not just about existing load centers (the population you mention), but possible future generators (big solar plants in the middle of the desert).

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Re:The rise of solar is ‘jeopardising the grid’ and it's a l... by caf on Sunday December 01, 2019 @07:58PM (#21679034)
There is no shortage of suitable locations available for big solar plants that are thousands of kilometres closer to the big load centres than the Northern Territory is.
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Re:The rise of solar is ‘jeopardising the grid’ and it's a l... by dwd on Sunday December 01, 2019 @09:02PM (#21679308)
There are also plans to go the other way and connect WA to Indonesia with the potential to tap into the electricity market of a population 10x larger than Australia's.

https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2017/11/30/australias-...

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