South Australia installed the largest lithium ion battery in the world[0], and the federal government rubbished it as not fit for purpose and to small too make any difference.
Have you ever known the government of any country to play down the installation of the biggest X in the world, in their own country, rather than using it as an advertising opportunity for how technologically progressive and advanced the country is?
Australia's Prime Minister compared the usefulness of the battery to "the big banana" in Coffs Harbor, a tourist attraction[1], and the Energy Minister, of all people, compared it to Kim Kardashian.
[0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsdale_Power_Reserve
[1]https://m.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/scott-morrison-mock...
Vale John Clarke, yet another great Australian who happened to have been born in New Zealand.
and in reply to LilBytes, I think, unfortunately, the increasing ridicule of our Government still resides within an echo chamber. There's a fair way to go before critical mass. The opposition just don't hold them to public account on much other than trivialities.
electricitymap uses http://pv-map.apvi.org.au/data for this feed (https://github.com/tmrowco/electricitymap-contrib/blob/maste...) but that source now 404s.
He has a 13.5 KWh PowerWall and 5.2 KW of solar. He's barely used the grid in months and that's powering his Tesla 3 too.
We live on an entire continent.